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Two spies are locked in a room with a gun. The one who outmaneuvers the other will determine how semiconductors refactor 21st century geopolitics.

2023

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Stories

Eliot Peper

Ways of Seeing

When, like now, I’m in the early stages of working on a new novel, one of the most important things I’m trying to figure out is how the…

Apr 17

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5 Books That Will Change How You Think About AI

Void Star by Zachary Mason is a mind-bending literary science fiction novel that tells the most subtle story I’ve ever read about the…

Feb 28

5 Books That Will Change How You Think About AI

Feb 28

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Having a prose narrative explaining what you do and why it matters is surprisingly high leverage

Telling your story in this format is so straightforward that it shouldn’t be differentiating, but it absolutely is.

Feb 27

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If You Really Care About Something, You Have to Be Willing to Take Hits for It

I played rugby in high school. I was never particularly good, or even particularly passionate about it, but playing rugby taught me an…

Feb 23

If You Really Care About Something, You Have to Be Willing to Take Hits for It

Feb 23

Eliot Peper

Writing is a Tool for Making New Ideas

Over in Every, I wrote about how writing is more than a method for capturing ideas, it’s a way of exploring them. When you write down an…

Sep 14, 2022

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The beauty of playing the long game

Over in the Boston Globe, I wrote about the surprising power of playing long games:

Aug 17, 2022

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“Writing is fucking hard.”

Bestselling author Blake Crouch on writing his latest novel.

Jul 20, 2022

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Every Transgression Is a Portal to Discovery

Hello, world! Meet my new novel.

May 18, 2022

Every Transgression Is a Portal to Discovery

May 18, 2022

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Richard Powers on the deep and abiding joy of libraries

Apr 27, 2022

Apr 27, 2022

Eliot Peper

What Writers Do

Imagine you’re holding a laser pointer.

Feb 26, 2022

Feb 26, 2022