The reading room
Ideas worth
living with.
Essays from Dirk’s notebook, arranged like a shelf you can return to.
From Dirk’s notebook
Choose something
to sit with.
These recommendations and reflections are starting points. Like the book library at Consilient Mind, each cover is a doorway into a longer conversation.
04May 7, 2022 · 7 min read
Review of Lost Connections
When anxiety or depression arrives, is the problem inside us—or in the world around us?Read the essay →
03May 1, 2022 · 6 min read
The Psychedelics Are Coming
A review of How to Change Your Mind and the possibility of carving new paths.Read the essay →
02March 24, 2022 · 4 min read
Can We Track Meaning?
Boyd Varty, lion tracking, wild places, and the surprising routes back to connection.Read the essay →
01March 14, 2022 · 3 min read