Beyond Euclid #222

Hello from Beyond Euclid 222. This week I realized something. I don’t know a single person who reads this. Not one. I write it every week, hit send, and it disappears into a room I can’t see. 222 times now. That should feel strange. Somehow it doesn’t. If anything, it’s the part I’ve come to like most — writing for people I’ll never meet, about things neither of us went looking for. If you’re here, you’re probably the kind of person this was made for.

This week’s issue is heavier than usual. Birth rates, reading scores, AI cheating, robots replacing warehouse workers. I’m not sorry for including them — I think they matter — but I did want to warn you before you scroll down. There’s good stuff too. A 1949 whale song. A secret concert archive. Dragon scales on a geothermal pool in Iceland.

Still free, still weekly. If it’s earned a place in your routine, a paid subscription on Substack or a contribution on Patreon is the most direct way to keep it going. If that’s not for you right now, f…