Second Act — my book about how late bloomers flourish and what they can teach us — comes out in the US on September 10. tylercowen called it, “One of the very best books on talent.” If you want to understand late bloomers, pre-order now! amazon.com/gp/aw/d/139981…

Silicon Valley needs more Shakespeare

The "vague tech canon" doesn't include any literary criticism, but that might be the best way to understand Silicon Valley... commonreader.co.uk/p/harold-bloom…

Coming this week on The Common Reader— An interview with Dean of the Humanities at Utah, Hollis Robbins (Hollis Robbins), that covers AI poetry, the non-crisis in the humanities, slavery, the 1850s, Walter Scott and so much more...

Like I say, there are people in tech whose canon is closer to “the canon” commonreader.co.uk/p/harold-bloom…

Every conversation with Henry Oliver is excellent; we talk here about AI, rhyming, and why you should know your Shakespeare. commonreader.co.uk/p/hollis-robbi…

Jane Austen is often seen as a writer of romantic comedies and social manners. But she was also a great innovator. Writer Henry Oliver joins the Interintellect 🧭 community to explore one of the greatest novels ever written, Emma by Jane Austen.📖 interintellect.com/salon/emma-by-…

Who’s sitting around waiting for five thousand words about Eisenhower as a late bloomer?

Waiting your way to the top. Dwight Eisenhower's slow career. commonreader.co.uk/p/waiting-your…

The best response to Ted Chiang's idea that art is about communication was written by J.S. Mill in 1833. "Eloquence is heard, poetry is overheard...the peculiarity of poetry appears to us to lie in the poet’s utter unconsciousness of a listener."

One of the most common questions I get about Second Act is about the networks chapter. Networks are essential to success. But rather connections that move us to the centre of a network, it might be better to find influential people at the edges.. commonreader.co.uk/p/how-networks…

Some of the best advice I got about networking (I hate it too) was just to tell everyone you see what you are doing. Sounds simplistic, but it turns networking into chatting, makes it a low-key endeavour, and recognises that you never know, really, who is in your network…

! In the EU, 39.5% of women and 55.% of men read zero books in 2022. (The main reason given, by far, was “no interest”.)

TOMORROW✨ Explore the concept of cultural Christianity and its historical prevalence with historian Nadya Williams, theologian Tara Isabella Burton (HERE IN AVALON out now) & writer Henry Oliver! interintellect.com/salon/cultural…

IN 3 DAYS✨ Uncover the innovations set by Jane Austen and the emergence of the modern novel with an exploration of Austen's novel Emma, hosted by writer Henry Oliver! interintellect.com/salon/emma-by-…