And now today's newsletter - which has a free-to-read section that recommends some episodes on #literature, #politics, and #philosophy from the Past Present Future podcast, and a paid subscriber section that deep-dives into the question of what an essay *does* - and maybe what it *should* be doing - in our peculiar production context today.

Is the goal really to be a "Montaigne" or "Hume" when we talk about big ideas today? Or is there other work that matters more?

https://open.substack.com/pub/mlclark/p/whats-the-use-of-an-essay