# long view (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover long view. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Command Center You're Not Using Enough](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/the-command-center-youre-not-using-enough/) _2026-08-21 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ Aug 21/26 I've been running Alfred on the Mac Studio for about eight months now, and I still catch myself reaching for the mouse out of old habit before I remember I don't have to. Here's what it is, if you haven' ## [Tai Chi as Moving Meditation](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/tai-chi-as-moving-meditation/) _2026-08-19 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ I danced for years. Then my knees and hips started arguing with me about it, arthritis being the kind of negotiator that doesn't really negotiate, and I had to let it go. That's a loss I didn't expect to feel as much as I ## [You Needed a Body, Not a Citation](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/you-needed-a-body-not-a-citation/) _2026-08-18 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ Aug. 18/26 There's a decision every one of us makes constantly without noticing we're making it: do I trust the instrument, or do I trust what I'm carrying around in my body. Most days it doesn't matter which way you lean. ## [Nuts and Seeds — Small Things That Add Up](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/food-diet/) _2026-08-17 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ Aug. 17/26 There was a jar on my mother's counter I never once saw her open while I was watching. Walnuts, still in some of the shell fragments, like she'd cracked them herself and swept the mess into the jar along with the meat. Nobody ## [What's Actually Findable](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/whats-actually-findable/) _2026-08-14 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ I spent an hour last week looking for a photograph. Not a photograph of anything important — just a shot of the almond rows in bloom from a few springs back, the kind of light you get maybe four mornings a year if you're paying attention. I knew ## [Things I'm Noticing](https://gardeneroflife.substack.com/p/things-im-noticing) _2026-08-13 · William Roth · William Roth_ Augest 13/26 ## [What the Numbers Mean](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/health-wellness-2/) _2026-08-12 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ Aug. 12/26 I've been watching a number on my wrist for about a year now, and it took me most of that year to stop overreacting to it. Resting heart rate moves. Mine sits somewhere in the mid-50s most mornings, and I used to check it ## [Things Turn Up When You Least Expect It](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/things-turn-up-when-you-least-expect-it/) _2026-08-11 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ Three things landed on my desk this month, from three different directions, and they all turned out to be doing the same trick: something quieter and more automatic took over a job I used to have to do myself, on purpose, with effort. What was interesting wasn't the ## [Find the Superpower](https://thelongviewjeffimmelt.substack.com/p/find-the-superpower) _2026-08-11 · Jeff Immelt · The Long View_ Jack's formula: Learn to speak in three voices ## [Seasonal Eating — A Farmer's Perspective](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/seasonal-eating-a-farmers-perspective-2/) _2026-08-10 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ Harvest season had a smell before it had a sound. Apricots first — that sweet, almost fermented smell that hung over the orchard rows in the early morning before the heat came up and changed it into something sharper. Then later, when the rice fields dried down before cutting, a ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8KCdtTvYYsrr) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Writing the Same Thing Less](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/writing-the-same-thing-less-2/) _2026-08-07 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ Aug. 7/26 I typed my email address into a form on Tuesday and caught myself mid-keystroke thinking about how many times I've typed that exact string in my life. Thousands, probably. Same twenty-some characters, same finger pattern, over and over since sometime in the nineties. ## [Small Fixes](https://gardeneroflife.substack.com/p/small-fixes) _2026-08-06 · William Roth · William Roth_ Augest 6/26 ## [The Mounjaro Thread — What GLP-1 Does to the Brain](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/the-mounjaro-thread-what-glp-1-does-to-the-brain-2/) _2026-08-05 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ August 5/26 For twenty-seven years I knew hunger as a kind of weather. It came in on its own schedule, sometimes gentle, sometimes a front you couldn't ignore, and you planned your day around it the way you planned around rain. Lunch wasn't a ## [There's a Particular Arithmetic](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/theres-a-particular-arithmetic/) _2026-08-04 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ August 4/26 That thirty-second habit at the produce section, the ten-minute TextExpander snippet, the single line dropped into Everlog — none of them look like much on their own. What struck me this week is how little they had to do with the size of what they ## [What did old-fashioned food preservation know that we forgot?](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/what-did-old-fashioned-food-preservation-know-that-we-forgot/) _2026-08-03 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ Yogurt used to be something I ate on and off — a good morning, maybe, not any kind of ritual. That changed since I started taking Mounjaro. Appetite works differently now, and yogurt has quietly become a staple, something I reach for because it sits well and it's ## [The Low End Always Floods](https://gardeneroflife.substack.com/p/the-low-end-always-floods) _2026-07-30 · William Roth · William Roth_ I spent twenty-seven years farming the same ground and still didn’t know it as well as I thought. ## [The Low Corner Always Floods](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/the-low-corner-always-floods/) _2026-07-28 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ July 28/26 I spent twenty-seven years walking fields I thought I knew end to end, and it still took me until my forties to notice that the low corner of the back forty flooded first, every single time, even though I'd have sworn on a stack ## [Back to School](https://thelongviewjeffimmelt.substack.com/p/back-to-school) _2026-07-28 · Jeff Immelt · The Long View_ Our systems are broken, but don’t give up. ## [Changes Update](https://gardeneroflife.substack.com/p/changes-update) _2026-07-26 · William Roth · William Roth_ I spent twenty-seven years farming the Sacramento Valley before I retired, and if there’s one thing that stays with you from that life, it’s a low tolerance for machinery that doesn’t earn its keep. ## [Changes Update](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/changes-update/) _2026-07-26 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ I've been moving some things around behind the scenes at Gardener of Life, and I figured I owed you a straight account of it rather than just letting you notice the schedule had changed. Three months into this, I had enough real publishing under my belt to see ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/82ZBSJqwyinc) _2026-07-26 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [Sunday Digest July 26/26](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/sunday-digest-july-26-26/) _2026-07-26 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ This week's ledger, three items. Same lesson underneath each one: what you assumed was there and what's actually there aren't automatically the same thing, and the only way to close that gap is to go look. Monday, Food & Diet — Twenty-seven years ## [Apple Health — The Dashboard Most People Ignore](https://www.gardener-of-life.com/apple-health-the-dashboard-most-people-ignore/) _2026-07-24 · William Roth · Gardener of Life_ July 24/26 I never set out to track anything. That was the whole point of the farm — you didn't need a chart to tell you the ground was dry, you just walked out and knew it by the color of the dirt and the way your ## [You don’t find out what you actually have until you go looking for it. Not what you assumed, not what the label promised — what’s actually there. This week that happened three times, in three differen](https://gardeneroflife.substack.com/p/you-dont-find-out-what-you-actually) _2026-07-23 · William Roth · William Roth_ Thursday 23/26 ## [When Things Start to Change](https://gardeneroflife.substack.com/p/when-things-start-to-change) _2026-07-16 · William Roth · William Roth_ July 16,2026 ## [Let People Be Your Legacy](https://thelongviewjeffimmelt.substack.com/p/let-people-be-your-legacy) _2026-07-14 · Jeff Immelt · The Long View_ The leaders you develop outlast anything you build ## [Dashboards in Your Life](https://gardeneroflife.substack.com/p/dashboards-in-your-life) _2026-07-09 · William Roth_ There’s a version of modern life where everything comes with a dashboard. ## [See Everyone](https://thelongviewjeffimmelt.substack.com/p/see-everyone) _2026-07-08 · Jeff Immelt · The Long View_ Remembering my friend, Ed Galanek ## [What the Brochure Doesn't Say](https://gardeneroflife.substack.com/p/what-the-brochure-doesnt-say) _2026-07-02 · William Roth · William Roth_ From the Long View ## [Winning the Seasons of AI](https://thelongviewjeffimmelt.substack.com/p/winning-the-seasons-of-ai) _2026-06-30 · Jeff Immelt · The Long View_ Leaders who thrive never stop adapting ## [When Appetite Changes, Everything Changes](https://gardeneroflife.substack.com/p/when-appetite-changes-everything) _2026-06-25 · William Roth · William Roth_ From the Long View ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DGIO82u5FvQr) _2026-06-25 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [My Friends Saved Me](https://thelongviewjeffimmelt.substack.com/p/my-friends-saved-me) _2026-06-23 · Jeff Immelt · The Long View_ Networks must be built naturally, purposefully and continuously ## [What the Fisherman Actually Ate](https://gardeneroflife.substack.com/p/what-the-fisherman-actually-ate) _2026-06-18 · William Roth · William Roth_ From The Long View ## [Helping Builders](https://thelongviewjeffimmelt.substack.com/p/helping-builders) _2026-06-09 · Jeff Immelt · The Long View_ Building is messy; tolerate uncertainty in pursuit of growth ## [Teaching Reveals What Leaders Need](https://thelongviewjeffimmelt.substack.com/p/teaching-reveals-what-leaders-need) _2026-06-03 · Jeff Immelt · The Long View_ It's easy to do poorly, hard to do well ## [A Personal Pivot](https://thelongviewjeffimmelt.substack.com/p/a-personal-pivot) _2026-05-26 · Jeff Immelt · The Long View_ You are accountable for your turnaround ## [Welcome to The Long View](https://thelongviewjeffimmelt.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-long-view) _2026-05-18 · Jeff Immelt · The Long View_ For those seeking to pivot, to learn, and to serve ## [Ruining Braunstein](https://www.benespen.com/ruining-braunstein/) _2026-04-19 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ I'm here to Ruin your Braunstein. By which I mean that I am going to attempt to connect the newest old thing in D&D with my favorite contemporary fantasy series . I started drafting this essay nearly a year ago, but the recent Kickstarter for Jeffro Johnson& ## [The Mills of the Gods by Tim Powers](https://www.benespen.com/the-mills-of-the-gods-by-tim-powers/) _2026-04-10 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ Tim Powers has returned to the classic form of the adventure with The Mills of the Gods . Or perhaps I should say, his classic form of the adventure, which is a secret history so compelling that it threatens to displace mundane history altogether. Post-Great War Paris, roasting of famous ## [L. Sprague de Camp and Literary Convention](https://www.benespen.com/l-sprague-de-camp-and-literary-convention/) _2026-02-21 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ Twitter/X user The\_Lord\_Otter recently opined that L. Sprague de Camp was instrumental in preserving and promoting the work of Robert E. Howard , but that de Camp's own work was merely okay. I endorse this view , but I wanted to take a tangent into what I ## [Mighty Sons of Hercules: Market Research](https://www.benespen.com/mighty-sons-of-hercules-market-research/) _2025-11-27 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ In September I was talking with Alex of Cirsova Publishing about men's and women's tastes in fiction, and Alex mentioned that his mother had suggested marketing the Mighty Sons of Hercules short story collection to women. That piqued my interest, so I threatened to do some ## [The Long View 2009-05-01: The Chimera Shrugs](https://www.benespen.com/the-long-view-2009-05-01-the-chimera-shrugs/) _2025-09-19 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ I frequently lament that John J. Reilly left us too soon. He had a breadth of knowledge that is sorely lacking. In this 2009 post, John discusses the machinery that was put in place in the early 2000s to manage pandemics, populism, banking, and economics. I cannot usefully speculate how ## [The Great American \[Adventure\] Novel](https://www.benespen.com/the-great-american-adventure-novel/) _2025-09-16 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ Last week on X/Twitter I offered some suggestions in Travis Corcoran's thread about science fiction that belongs in the canon of Great American Literature . Lots of other people I know chimed in with good suggestions, but I wanted to step back from science fiction in particular in ## [Catholic Space Marines](https://www.benespen.com/catholic-space-marines/) _2025-06-24 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ I've put up both of John J. Reilly's books that I publish in the Summer 2025 Based Books Sale . I've participated in the sale before, as there are a ton of authors I like who also participate, and I usually sell a few copies ## [The Long View 2009-04-24: Witch Hunts & Purges](https://www.benespen.com/the-long-view-2009-04-24-witch-hunts-purges/) _2025-05-26 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ Last night on Twitter/X I suggested that John J. Reilly may be the prophet of our times . John died in 2012, but his writings offer us useful concepts for understanding our times based on history. In this 2009 blog post, John shows us what a modern day purge would ## [Trap Line by Timothy Zahn](https://www.benespen.com/trap-line-by-timothy-zahn/) _2025-05-12 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ "Trap Line" might just be the perfect introduction to Timothy Zahn for those who are unfamiliar with him. This short story has Zahn's signature style, a hybrid of Campbelline science fiction with adventure, and often a little bit of mystery and intrigue too. His characters \[and ## [WBH Digest 2025-04-25: The Campaign Continues](https://www.benespen.com/wbh-digest-2025-04-25-the-campaign-continues/) _2025-04-25 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ Welcome back friends to the With Both Hands Digest! I logged off of Twitter/X for Lent and that ended up turning into a sabbatical from WBH as well. I spent my time engaging in spiritual disciplines, thinking different thoughts and doing different things from my normal routine, and I ## [The Uses of Convention](https://www.benespen.com/the-uses-of-convention/) _2025-02-19 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ Nick Cole's Strange Company 3 is coming out April, so I started reading the first Strange Company again this week. And that got me to thinking about the use of convention in telling stories. We cannot truly understand literary genres without understanding the conventions that comprise them. Yet ## [WBH Digest 2025-02-14: Saint Valentine's Day](https://www.benespen.com/wbh-digest-2025-02-14-sai/) _2025-02-14 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ I have an essay on how to win at D&D, Kickstarters for your consideration, the Based Book Sale, along with some literary thoughts. Captain\_Hook's Brolog: Wargames are not 'Playing Toy Soldiers' An excellent reflection on how good games make a tradeoff between simulation ## [WBH Digest 2025-01-17: Agony and Ecstasy](https://www.benespen.com/wbh-digest-2025-01-17-agony-and-ecstasy/) _2025-01-17 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ Unfolding the World – Agony and Ecstasy I've said in the past that great men are often ridden by their obsession s. Based on this story from J. Daniel Sawyer, pain can also serve as a spur to accomplishment . The old humility was a spur that prevented a ## [Adrian Cole's The Dream Lords](https://www.benespen.com/adrian-coles-the-dream-lords/) _2025-01-13 · Benjamin Espen · With Both Hands_ The 50th Anniversary Edition of Adrian Cole's The Dream Lords will release on Amazon on January 15th, 2025, and you, my loyal readers, simply must pick this up, because this is the book for anyone who wanted Dune to be a comedy instead of a tragedy. Dune is