Substacks recommended by Not Boring by Packy McCormick

Recommended by Not Boring by Packy McCormick

Core Memory

By Ashlee Vance

On the Most Interesting People, Objects and Ideas in Science and Technology

One of the best to ever to it with one of the highest-quality roster of guests, established and undiscovered.

- Not Boring by Packy McCormick

Useful Fictions

By Cate Hall

all models are wrong, but some are useful

The Generalist

By Mario Gabriele

The people, companies, and technologies shaping the future.

The best deep dives on tech, web3, and VC in the game, with beautiful writing to boot.

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Net Interest

By Marc Rubinstein

Financial sector insights from a former hedge fund manager with 25+ years experience analysing and investing in the industry.

Financial markets viewed through the lens of a 25yr hedge fund vet, delivered weekly.

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The Split

By Turner Novak

Weekly conversations with your favorite founders, investors, and operators.

Memes and insights. The whole banana.

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Curt Jaimungal

Exploring theoretical physics, consciousness, AI, and God, rigorously and playfully. Members get every episode days early.

Some of the most mind-bending conversations on the internet with some of the smartest people in the world.

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The Curiosity Chronicle

By Sahil Bloom

Delivering curiosity-inducing content every single week.

Digestible & actionable insights on money, business & personal development.

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The API Economy

By Peter Schroeder

Breaking down technology's next frontier.

Breaking down the API-first Economy one API at a time.

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Statecraft

By Santi Ruiz

How policymakers get things done

A fascinating look into how the sausage gets made featuring interviews with insiders from the CIA, DARPA, and more. Strong recommend.

- Not Boring by Packy McCormick

speedrun

Weekly insights for founders creating the future.

Techno-optimism, magic, entertainment, and games. Ryan and crew bring it all.

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Minutes

By Will Manidis

minutes is mostly about walking

Dirt Roads

By Luca Prosperi

We observe value flowing through complex systems

Understanding how financial value flows through complex systems. Deep writing on the systems underpinning fintech & DeFi.

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next play

By ben

We help people find their next play by sending opportunities, hosting gatherings, and curating content.

My friends Ben and Jordan can help you figure out what's next.

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The Roots of Progress

By Jason Crawford

The history of technology and the philosophy of progress, plus announcements from the Roots of Progress Institute

My favorite way to stay up to date with what's going on in Progress Studies, and a frequent inclusion in the Weekly Dose of Optimism!

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Parakeet’s Substack

Poetry, thoughts, & musings

early days

By Merlin

learn about silicon valley companies, people, jobs, and ideas through the eyes of two startup junkies.

Brie and Camille's profiles on Cursor, Notion, and Eigen are three of the best things I've read about startup culture in recent memory. Now that they have their own publication, I read everything Early Days sends.

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Pathless by Paul Millerd

Unexpected takes on the modern world of work. Paul explores our obsession with work and the default path of success and tries to imagine new possibilities for how we can conceive of life, work & what matters.

Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

Smarter about most topics than just about any expert on that topic.

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Digital Native

By Rex Woodbury

Weekly writing about how technology and people intersect

One of my favorite ways to keep up with the intersection of tech and culture.

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Tumse Na Ho Paayega

By Utsav Mamoria

Long-form writing on how to think, feel and live better by a Millennial navigating mid-life. Philosophy, not productivity.

ByteByteGo Newsletter

By Alex Xu

Explain complex systems with simple terms, from the authors of the best-selling system design book series. Join over 1,000,000 friendly readers.

Covering topics and trends in large-scale system design

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a16z

It's time to build.

a16z has some of my favorite writers, working on pieces with many of the world's best founders.

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Fakepixels

By Tina He

Fakepixels is a newsletter that explores alternative perspectives of understanding frontier technology, markets, and our own minds.

The Century of Biology

By Elliot Hershberg

Data, companies, and ideas from the frontier of biology.

A Stanford Genetics PhD highlighting the cutting advances in sciences for both scientific and non-scientific audiences.

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Marty's Newsletter

By PALM REPORT by Poolsuite

Previously the Poolsuite newsletter – now just Marty Bell's Substack ☼

Poolsuite has taste.

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The Aarthi and Sriram Show

By Aarthi & Sriram's Podcast

Long form conversations with people who have "made" it to the inside. Subscribe for a weekly episode from leading CEOs, athletes, entertainers and everyone from the weird to the wonderful. Hosted by Aarthi Ramamurthy and Sriram Krishnan.

Aarthi and Sriram are exceptional interviewers and bring on exceptional guests to discuss the most important things happening in tech and culture. If there were a "Strong Recommendation" button, I'd hit it for them.

- Not Boring by Packy McCormick