The Rubesletter by Matt Ruby πŸ’Ž

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There is no magic bullet

There is no magic bullet

The Pelosi attack, Kyrie, Kanye, and our foolish attempts to find "the one thing" that ignites bad actors.

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Nov 01, 2022
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What makes a cake a cake: Is it the flour, the eggs, the sugar, the frosting, or something else?

I know, it’s a dumb question. The answer is all of the above, obviously; a cake is the sum of its ingredients.

Now imagine I wrote something like this about that dessert:

Many still insist that the cake was driven by eggs, but the person who ate most of it jus…

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