冒險。隨著夏天的臨近，我一直在輪換中添加一些季節性音樂。

JL Lawson。我喜歡將圖騰放在口袋裡。我的最愛之一是JL Lawson的決策者。我實際上沒有使用它來做出決定。

Change: What Really Leads to Lasting Personal Transformation by Jeffrey A. Kottler. I read this book while researching my Dying Breed article on the effectiveness of therapy. The big takeaway? There’s no single magic bullet for personal transformation. Kottler examines various approaches to behavior change and finds that success often depends on a mix of factors rather than one specific technique. What works seems highly individualized. Despite all our psychological research and self-help wisdom, we’re still remarkably uncertain about what truly causes lasting behavior change. It’s a humbling read that challenges our cultural obsession with finding the “one right way” to fix ourselves.

改變：真正導致杰弗裡·A·科特勒（Jeffrey A. Kottler）持久的個人轉變的原因。我在研究我的垂死品種文章時讀了這本書，內容涉及治療的有效性。大外賣？沒有一個魔術子彈可以進行個人轉型。科特勒研究了各種行為改變的方法，發現成功通常取決於因素的組合，而不是一種特定的技術。什麼作用似乎是個性化的。儘管我們所有的心理研究和自助智慧，但我們仍然對真正導致持久行為改變的是什麼都非常不確定。這是一本令人沮喪的讀物，它挑戰了我們的文化痴迷，以找到“正確的方式”來修復自己。

The Ventures. With summer approaching, I’ve been adding some seasonal music into my rotation. Lately, that’s meant diving back into surf music from the 1960s. I had a serious surf music phase back in high school. I owned this two-CD compilation that I bought from Walmart got heavy play in my room. My favorite band from that era, by far, is The Ventures. Their reverb-heavy instrumental hits like “Walk, Don’t Run” and “Pipeline”make you feel like you’re riding a wave off some sunny coast. Despite never having stood on a surfboard in my life, their music continues to evoke a certain carefree feeling that perfectly accompanies the longer days and warmer temperatures.

冒險。隨著夏天的臨近，我一直在輪換中添加一些季節性音樂。最近，這意味著從1960年代開始回到衝浪音樂中。我在高中時有一個嚴重的衝浪音樂階段。我擁有我從沃爾瑪購買的這兩個CD彙編，在我的房間裡很重。到目前為止，我最喜歡的樂隊是冒險。他們重音的樂器熱門歌曲，例如“ Walk，Do not Run”和“ Pipeline”，使您感到自己像是在陽光明媚的海岸上揮舞著浪潮。儘管我一生中從未站在衝浪板上，但他們的音樂繼續喚起一種無憂無慮的感覺，這些感覺完全伴隨著較長的日子和溫暖的溫度。

Why Even Try If You Have A.I.? Joshua Rothman’s New Yorker piece introduces a provocative idea: As A.I. becomes more capable, are we in danger of becoming mentally flabby? Just as we can become physically weak by always taking the easy route, we might become mentally soft by outsourcing our thinking to LLMs. The solution? We may soon need to carve out mental workouts for ourselves free of A.I. to keep our minds and character sharp.

如果您有AI，為什麼還要嘗試？約書亞·羅斯曼（Joshua Rothman）的《紐約人》（New Yorker）介紹了一個挑釁的想法：隨著人工智能變得越來越有能力，我們是否有智力疲倦的危險？正如我們始終採取輕鬆的路線會在身體上變得虛弱一樣，我們可能會通過將思想外包給LLM來在精神上變得柔軟。解決方案？我們可能很快需要為自己擺脫AI的精神鍛煉，以保持我們的思想和性格敏銳。

J.L. Lawson Decision Maker Coin. I like to keep totems in my pockets. One of my favorites is the Decision Maker from J.L. Lawson. I don’t actually use it to make decisions. It’s more of a reminder that sometimes the decisions are so close, any option is a good option. You just have to make a decision. Also, it looks pretty dang cool. I like to give these away as gifts.

JL Lawson決策者硬幣。我喜歡將圖騰放在口袋裡。我的最愛之一是JL Lawson的決策者。我實際上沒有使用它來做出決定。這更多的是提醒人們，有時決策是如此近，任何選擇都是一個不錯的選擇。您只需要做出決定。另外，看起來很酷。我喜歡把這些作為禮物。

On our Dying Breed newsletter, we published Sunday Firesides: You Might Be Living in a Golden Age Right Now and The Virtues of Re-Reading Books.

在我們垂死的品種通訊上，我們發布了周日FireSides：您可能現在生活在黃金時代，以及重新閱讀書籍的優點。

Quote of the Week

一周的報價

Recreation is not a secondary concern for a democracy. It is a primary concern, for the kind of recreation a people make for themselves determines the kind of people they become and the kind of society they build.

娛樂不是民主的次要關注。這是一個主要問題，因為一個人自己做的娛樂方式決定了他們成為的人類和建立的社會。

—Harry A. Overstreetoutput: Change: What Really Leads to Lasting Personal Transformation by Jeffrey A. Kottler. I read this book while researching my Dying Breed article on the effectiveness of therapy. The big takeaway? There’s no single magic bullet for personal transformation. Kottler examines various approaches to behavior change and finds that success often depends on a mix of factors rather than one specific technique. What works seems highly individualized. Despite all our psychological research and self-help wisdom, we’re still remarkably uncertain about what truly causes lasting behavior change. It’s a humbling read that challenges our cultural obsession with finding the “one right way” to fix ourselves.

- Harry A. Overstreetoutput：更改：杰弗裡·A·科特勒（Jeffrey A. Kottler）真正導致了持久的個人轉型。我在研究我的垂死品種文章時讀了這本書，內容涉及治療的有效性。大外賣？沒有一個魔術子彈可以進行個人轉型。科特勒研究了各種行為改變的方法，發現成功通常取決於因素的組合，而不是一種特定的技術。什麼作用似乎是個性化的。儘管我們所有的心理研究和自助智慧，但我們仍然對真正導致持久行為改變的是什麼都非常不確定。這是一本令人沮喪的讀物，它挑戰了我們的文化痴迷，以找到“正確的方式”來修復自己。

The Ventures. With summer approaching, I’ve been adding some seasonal music into my rotation. Lately, that’s meant diving back into surf music from the 1960s. I had a serious surf music phase back in high school. I owned this two-CD compilation that I bought from Walmart got heavy play in my room. My favorite band from that era, by far, is The Ventures. Their reverb-heavy instrumental hits like “Walk, Don’t Run” and “Pipeline”make you feel like you’re riding a wave off some sunny coast. Despite never having stood on a surfboard in my life, their music continues to evoke a certain carefree feeling that perfectly accompanies the longer days and warmer temperatures.

冒險。隨著夏天的臨近，我一直在輪換中添加一些季節性音樂。最近，這意味著從1960年代開始回到衝浪音樂中。我在高中時有一個嚴重的衝浪音樂階段。我擁有我從沃爾瑪購買的這兩個CD彙編，在我的房間裡很重。到目前為止，我最喜歡的樂隊是冒險。他們重音的樂器熱門歌曲，例如“ Walk，Do not Run”和“ Pipeline”，使您感到自己像是在陽光明媚的海岸上揮舞著浪潮。儘管我一生中從未站在衝浪板上，但他們的音樂繼續喚起一種無憂無慮的感覺，這些感覺完全伴隨著較長的日子和溫暖的溫度。

Why Even Try If You Have A.I.? Joshua Rothman’s New Yorker piece introduces a provocative idea: As A.I. becomes more capable, are we in danger of becoming mentally flabby? Just as we can become physically weak by always taking the easy route, we might become mentally soft by outsourcing our thinking to LLMs. The solution? We may soon need to carve out mental workouts for ourselves free of A.I. to keep our minds and character sharp.

如果您有AI，為什麼還要嘗試？約書亞·羅斯曼（Joshua Rothman）的《紐約人》（New Yorker）介紹了一個挑釁的想法：隨著人工智能變得越來越有能力，我們是否有智力疲倦的危險？正如我們始終採取輕鬆的路線會在身體上變得虛弱一樣，我們可能會通過將思想外包給LLM來在精神上變得柔軟。解決方案？我們可能很快需要為自己擺脫AI的精神鍛煉，以保持我們的思想和性格敏銳。

J.L. Lawson Decision Maker Coin. I like to keep totems in my pockets. One of my favorites is the Decision Maker from J.L. Lawson. I don’t actually use it to make decisions. It’s more of a reminder that sometimes the decisions are so close, any option is a good option. You just have to make a decision. Also, it looks pretty dang cool. I like to give these

JL Lawson決策者硬幣。我喜歡將圖騰放在口袋裡。我的最愛之一是JL Lawson的決策者。我實際上沒有使用它來做出決定。這更多的是提醒人們，有時決策是如此近，任何選擇都是一個不錯的選擇。您只需要做出決定。另外，看起來很酷。我喜歡給這些