Kindred Spirits by Sindhu Shivaprasad

How to make $183 billion disappear

What Claude's viral NYC pop-up and "thinking" cap reveals about tech culture's hunger for meaning

Oct 7 • 

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July 2025

two ways to create reality

which end will you choose to start from?

Jul 20 • 

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May 2025

no one is an island, everyone is vanilla extract

desire needs reverberation to come alive

May 10 • 

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April 2025

committed seriousness creates its own gravity

or, you can just take things seriously

Apr 19

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March 2025

when two people talk, a third thing emerges

observations on generating great conversations

Mar 29 • 

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AI filters don't replace art any more than instant ramen replaces food

Reducing Studio Ghibli to an AI filter shows everything wrong with how we now see art and creativity

Mar 28 • 

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process notes: the notebooks I keep

thoughts on keeping journals + my favourite supplies

Mar 8 • 

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February 2025

identity is just narrative waiting for evidence

on choosing better stories about yourself and letting reality catch up

Feb 22 • 

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January 2025

commitment is an act of agency

optionality sometimes feels like Midas gold

Jan 11 • 

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December 2024

a devotion of a kind

reflections on a year of writing, and where we'll go next year

Dec 13, 2024 • 

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November 2024

the language of becoming

notes on resolutions, future selves, and learning to trust what already pulls us

Nov 29, 2024 • 

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the trampoline theory of opportunity

how to choose opportunities—and between opportunities—after noticing them

Nov 2, 2024 • 

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