# open tabs: edition 1

*odds, ends, bits and bobs*

By [Serartonin Club](https://paragraph.com/@serartoninclub) · 2026-06-26

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Illustration by Sally Thurer

I have at least 150 tabs open (each. on my phone and my laptop.) This is me trying to close them one by one and writing about each as I go. Some will still be open after I hit publish. Think of it like a cat bringing things in as they often do with no context or explanation.

1.  A [introduction to philosophy course by stanford](https://web.stanford.edu/~bobonich/terms.concepts/interlude.html) that I have been making very slow progress on. I started this course in an attempt to be unambiguous and articulate. Philosophy is all about arguments and so is our real life. Sometimes you just need to go back to the basics!
    
2.  A [substack article](https://theshadowedarchive.substack.com/p/an-existential-guide-to-living-the?r=7l1ud&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true) that I read once and then again and now it is open incase I want to read it again. It is THAT good.
    
3.  AI here, AI there and AI everywhere. The utility of AI is ever so clear, but what about [this](https://www.beren.io/2025-08-06-Thoughts-On-AI-Consciousness/)?
    
4.  [Keep winning](https://amasad.me/keep-winning)!
    
5.  [**A Call for New Aesthetics**](https://newaesthetics.art/)
    
    1.  related: [pathways to progress syllabus](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gdjLRN2qgtAfYgKA-Nvo5seDYn8CwWuLkSslrUMCLJM/edit?tab=t.0)
        
6.  [Agnes Callard on the value of fiction](https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/agnes-callard-what-is-the-value-of)
    
7.  [Someone](https://www.howardgardner.com/) who changed how I think about intelligence. I discovered them through my work in education.
    
    1.  LEGO has an [education wing](https://education.lego.com/en-us/lego-education-science/evidence)?
        
8.  I wanted to understand what a [payfac](https://notes.mtb.xyz/p/payfac-1000-words) was and I understood what a payfac was after reading this article.
    
9.  [Spencer chang on his thoughts for 2026](https://spencer.place/posts/inevitable-2026/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
    
10.  I had discovered [Lynda Barry](https://www.artisbasic.com/2024/05/drawing-activities-with-lynda-barry.html) through a drawing session hosted by [Indu](https://www.instagram.com/induviduality/) who made us do her exercises. I fell in love with her work immediately. Now I return to her exercise whenever my art skills need dusting off, which is very often.
    
11.  I have been involved in building communities and third spaces in one way or the other for the past 10 years and this one hit close to home.
    
    ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ae9dc019e9820ce111e8224e09eb0398d9811d4ca81b6c3bc97dfdfd68d34c46.jpg)
    
    [wellness wisdom](https://wellnesswisdom.substack.com/p/20-learnings-on-building-community?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=33691&embedding_post_id=189926396)
    
    [23 learnings on building community and holding space](https://wellnesswisdom.substack.com/p/20-learnings-on-building-community?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=33691&embedding_post_id=189926396)
    
    [There’s something in my soul blueprint that loves to hold space. Particularly spaces that transition people from horizontal, sequential time, into vertical, liminal, no-time…](https://wellnesswisdom.substack.com/p/20-learnings-on-building-community?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=33691&embedding_post_id=189926396)
    
    [Read more](https://wellnesswisdom.substack.com/p/20-learnings-on-building-community?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=33691&embedding_post_id=189926396)
    
    [4 months ago · 312 likes · 26 comments · Patricia Mou](https://wellnesswisdom.substack.com/p/20-learnings-on-building-community?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=33691&embedding_post_id=189926396)
    
12.  How do theories which are generally considered interesting differ from theories which are generally considered non-interesting? You can find the answer to that in this [pdf](https://web.mit.edu/curhan/www/docs/Articles/15341_Readings/Doctoral_Resources/Davis.M.S.Thats.Interesting.1971.PHIL.SOC.SCI.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email).
    
13.  I have a habit of following the personal websites of people whose work inspires me. [Aishwarya khanduja](https://www.aishwaryadoingthings.com/) is one of them. I loved reading her article on the Proust questionnaire, and now I want to answer it myself.
    
    1.  Related: I clicked on an article by Aishwarya to read it, but I haven't gotten to it yet. I will, I promise.
        
        ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ec76712e53b841c74ea5156fe73562e72750665842de4a439078044f50c2d3d1.jpg)
        
        [The Good Science Project](https://goodscience.substack.com/p/the-slow-cancellation-of-innovation?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1010915&embedding_post_id=155547336)
        
        [The Slow Cancellation of Innovation: A critical look at modern funding](https://goodscience.substack.com/p/the-slow-cancellation-of-innovation?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1010915&embedding_post_id=155547336)
        
        [Aishwarya is a curiosity-driven systems thinker working at the intersection of technology and society. Her interests span human-AI collaboration, social technology, knowledge systems, and complex adaptive systems…](https://goodscience.substack.com/p/the-slow-cancellation-of-innovation?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1010915&embedding_post_id=155547336)
        
        [Read more](https://goodscience.substack.com/p/the-slow-cancellation-of-innovation?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1010915&embedding_post_id=155547336)
        
        [a year ago · 29 likes · 2 comments · Stuart Buck](https://goodscience.substack.com/p/the-slow-cancellation-of-innovation?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1010915&embedding_post_id=155547336)
        
    2.  Related: [https://resonantcomputing.org/](https://resonantcomputing.org/)
        
14.  Another substack article that I may never actually read, but it will remain open.
    
    ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/a3eea7d7e9063ab2bad4f94b9d925c302f74d948dedd9e61ea769419a416fb3a.jpg)
    
    [Cognitive Wonderland](https://cognitivewonderland.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-often-mention-neuroscience?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1868273&embedding_post_id=176772859)
    
    [Why I Don’t Often Mention Neuroscience](https://cognitivewonderland.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-often-mention-neuroscience?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1868273&embedding_post_id=176772859)
    
    [Reminder about the Cognitive Wonderland book club! Join us in reading and discussing cool books on science and philosophy…](https://cognitivewonderland.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-often-mention-neuroscience?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1868273&embedding_post_id=176772859)
    
    [Read more](https://cognitivewonderland.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-often-mention-neuroscience?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1868273&embedding_post_id=176772859)
    
    [8 months ago · 218 likes · 43 comments · Tommy Blanchard](https://cognitivewonderland.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-often-mention-neuroscience?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1868273&embedding_post_id=176772859)
    
15.  An album I REALLY want to listen to because I also love my computer very much!
    
16.  okay, [sakshi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StrVztxInRo)!
    
17.  The [Nature and Aim of Fiction](https://wisdomhomeschooling.com/images/courses/content/creativewriting/CW-Week-13-reading.pdf) by Flannery O’Connor.
    
18.  [ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE](https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html).
    
19.  I’ve been following riffle since their launch and I very much intend to read this [article](https://www.anuragchoudhary.com/blog/restless-optimism)!
    
20.  ly [susan](https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/06/26/susan-sontag-on-censorship/)!
    
21.  A well articulated ray of hope for anyone who has been staring at the ceiling!
    
    ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b26af1029cfd4cb649a65c2fef8ea64788be6433b7c556887ee7b10b51c94bae.jpg)
    
    [@jasmine’s substack](https://jasmi.news/p/2026-advice?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=6027&embedding_post_id=201360109)
    
    [🌻 the old world is dying](https://jasmi.news/p/2026-advice?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=6027&embedding_post_id=201360109)
    
    [It’s a scary time to be twenty-two. Recently, I’ve been watching videos of college commencement speakers getting pummeled by boos for talking about AI. I’ve seen the charts showing post-graduate employment rates for engineering majors falling by 5 to 15 percent. And it’s not as if young pe…](https://jasmi.news/p/2026-advice?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=6027&embedding_post_id=201360109)
    
    [Read more](https://jasmi.news/p/2026-advice?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=6027&embedding_post_id=201360109)
    
    [16 days ago · 1118 likes · 107 comments · Jasmine Sun](https://jasmi.news/p/2026-advice?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=6027&embedding_post_id=201360109)
    
22.  I was on a quest to understand the fallacy of [misplaced correctness](https://larrygmaguire.com/misplaced-concreteness/).
    
23.  [crying](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/).
    
24.  Telegram was banned in [India](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telegram-app-restricted-in-india-at-nta-request-until-june-22/article71107894.ece) for a few days.
    
25.  I will read anything [Visa](https://substack.com/@benspringwater/p-201501935) has to say!
    
26.  I am learning Tamil and I was looking up the pronunciation of the word happiness.
    

_P.S. This article was inspired by_ [_emma_](https://open.substack.com/users/167949707-emma?utm_source=mentions)_’s_ [_every tab i have open_](https://substack.com/@emmareadstoomuch/p-201677972)_!_

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