Venkatesh Rao essay: On Learning to Ride Your Brain
jger15 · hn · 2026-10-27
Venkatesh Rao's new Contraptions essay explores how to understand and steer your own thinking — treating the brain as something you learn to ride rather than take for granted. A deep methodology read.
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