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West Africa – Matt Lakeman
Posts about West Africa written by John Doe
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https://mattlakeman.org/2020/04/27/explaining-blaming-and-being-very-slightly-sympathetic-toward-enron/
An Attempt at Explaining, Blaming, and Being Very Slightly Sympathetic Toward Enron – Matt Lakeman
The audiobook of Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron caught my eye over a year ago, but I didn’t read it because it’s 22.5...
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https://mattlakeman.org/2026/03/26/infinite-jest-extraction/?like_comment=8996&_wpnonce=e8a9339160
Infinite Jest Extraction – Matt Lakeman
I read David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest via audiobook, which at the default speed, takes over 52.5 hours. On paper, the book is usually over 1,100 pages,...
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law enforcement – Matt Lakeman
Posts about law enforcement written by John Doe
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https://mattlakeman.org/2020/05/11/96-hour-no-sleep-challenge/
96 hour No-Sleep Challenge – Matt Lakeman
On April 26, 2020, I woke up at 8:54 AM. My goal was to not sleep for the next 96 hours (four days). Why Am I Doing This? No real reason. I’m just curious to...
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https://mattlakeman.org/2022/11/22/notes-on-saudi-arabia/
Notes on Saudi Arabia – Matt Lakeman
Edits – Various comments based on feedback. In August, I spent a week in Saudi Arabia. I started in Jeddah, drove to Taif, drove to Abha, and then drove 600...
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https://mattlakeman.org/2020/08/09/notes-on-spain/
Notes on Spain – Matt Lakeman
Bypassing numerous international restrictions, I traveled from America to Spain for a month-long trip in July. Most of the month was spent in and around...
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https://mattlakeman.org/2023/11/07/notes-on-guinea/
Notes on Guinea – Matt Lakeman
I spent about nine days in Guinea, mostly in Conakry and being driven around the countryside. My notes here have a heavier bend toward personal experiences...
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David Foster Wallace – Matt Lakeman
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https://mattlakeman.org/2020/01/23/everything-you-need-to-know-about-napoleon-bonaparte/
Everything You Need to Know About Napoleon Bonaparte – Matt Lakeman
Having finished the epic, all-encompassing biographical 33-hour audiobook, Napoleon: A Life, by Andrew Roberts, I knew I wanted to write something about it,...
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https://mattlakeman.org/2020/01/22/the-phantoms-pain-a-metal-gear-solid-v-narrative-analysis/
The Phantom’s Pain – A Metal Gear Solid V Narrative Analysis – Matt Lakeman
Introduction “Now do you remember? Who you are? What you were meant to do? I cheated death, thanks to you. And thanks to you I’ve left my mark. You have too –...
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Georgetown – Matt Lakeman
Posts about Georgetown written by John Doe
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https://mattlakeman.org/2020/06/25/polygamy-human-sacrifices-and-steel-why-the-aztecs-were-awesome/
Polygamy, Human Sacrifices, and Steel – Why the Aztecs Were Awesome – Matt Lakeman
The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs was terrible. It was a prolonged period of pestilence, famine, torture, rape, plunder, destruction, conquest, cultural...
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https://mattlakeman.org/2020/05/25/death-stranding-analysis/
Pure Kojimism – A Death Stranding Analysis – Matt Lakeman
Death Stranding simultaneously contains more good and more bad than probably any other video game I have ever played. Death Stranding’s basic setting and story...
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https://mattlakeman.org/2020/01/22/hill-billy-elegy-the-culture-of-white-american-poverty/
Hillbilly Elegy – The Culture of White American Poverty – Matt Lakeman
I’ve written a couple of book summaries on here over the past few months, and this one for Hillbilly Elegy will be the most difficult. J.D. Vance’s...
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https://mattlakeman.org/2023/08/16/notes-on-mauritania/
Notes on Mauritania – Matt Lakeman
I spent about a week in Mauritania, visiting the cities of Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, Zouerate, and a bunch of small towns over the course of multiple 10+ hour...
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https://mattlakeman.org/category/experiments/
Experiments – Matt Lakeman
Posts about Experiments written by John Doe
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Ghana – Matt Lakeman
Posts about Ghana written by John Doe
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https://mattlakeman.org/2024/12/26/notes-on-trinidad-and-tobago/
Notes on Trinidad and Tobago – Matt Lakeman
I spent a week in Trinidad and Tobago (which I’ll call “TT”), mostly in Port of Spain (the capital) and the northern mountain region of Trinidad. My major...
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Matt Lakeman – Writing on books, experiments, and random things I can't stop thinking about
Writing on books, experiments, and random things I can't stop thinking about
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Ivory Coast – Matt Lakeman
Posts about Ivory Coast written by John Doe
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https://mattlakeman.org/2021/07/27/shadow-of-the-sun/
Shadow of the Sun – Matt Lakeman
Sometimes I want to abandon any pretense of a normal life and live like a drifter. I could drop the burden of ordinary work, friends, relationships, property,...
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https://mattlakeman.org/tag/forbes-burnham/
Forbes Burnham – Matt Lakeman
Posts about Forbes Burnham written by John Doe
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