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HOLI Question Mar 2026

What If Time Is Not What Physics Says It Is?

Every equation in physics works perfectly in reverse. Drop a ball, and Newton's laws can tell you exactly where it was a second ago. So why can't you unscramble an egg?

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Deep dive

If you want the full argument

Settle in. These are the long reads — the ones that reward your attention.

Long Read Mar 2026

The Epidemic of Loneliness Has a Body Count

Loneliness kills more people than obesity. The U.S. Surgeon General called it a public health crisis in 2023. The biology behind the headline is worse than the headline.

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The future

If you came here for the future

What is coming. What it means. Why it matters now.

Long Read Mar 2026

The Geometry Hidden Inside Music

A Princeton mathematician walked into a jazz club and realized that the chord progressions on stage were tracing paths through a donut-shaped universe. Music theory has never been the same.

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Unsettling

If you like being unsettled

The ideas that sit with you for days. The ones you can't quite shake.

HOLI Question Mar 2026

What If Time Is Not What Physics Says It Is?

Every equation in physics works perfectly in reverse. Drop a ball, and Newton's laws can tell you exactly where it was a second ago. So why can't you unscramble an egg?

Read →
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