The app for independent voices
I almost stopped writing because no one was engaging.
Then someone told me, “I’ve been reading everything you post.”
That’s when I realized: silent readers exist—and they matter.
So I kept writing, even when it felt like no one was watching.
Your words are reaching more people than you think.
Substack isn’t a video network, or a writing network, or an audio network. It’s a network of people who care about culture.
When I subscribe to your substack, I’m not subscribing to content. I am subscribing to you.
What's the combination of education and gender that leads to the highest level of religious attendance?
It's men with graduate degrees.
That's appeared consistently in the data since 2016.
You made it, you own it
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.
I could never post this one enough.
Great discussions
Join the most interesting and insightful discussions.
C.S. Lewis’s advice to a young schoolgirl on how to become a better writer.
It is rather instructive…
Spaced repetition is a technique for remembering things efficiently. The best overview is here: https://www.gwern.net/Spaced-repetition. Anki is the most popular software for this.
Anyway, when I read your newsletter and think "gee, I really should have known this fact / geographical feature / political party already," I put it into spaced repetition software, where (if all goes according to plan) I'll remember it forever with minimum total effort.