Building the Builders

Home
Notes
Chat
Archive
Leaderboard
About
It's Time to Build the Builders
Introducing my new Substack newsletter
 • 
Dr. Gena Gorlin
3
Most Popular
View all
The builder's mindset: a way out of the "drill sergeant" / "Zen master" dichotomy
 • Dr. Gena Gorlin
8
Death is the default
 • Dr. Gena Gorlin
4
The quest for psychological perfection
 • Dr. Gena Gorlin
2
New
Top
Community
The best way to build yourself is to build
There’s a phenomenon most therapists have been confronted with, but few explicitly identify or discuss (partly because it’s hard to know what to say…
 • 
Dr. Gena Gorlin
2
Blake Scholl is re-inventing air travel by re-inventing himself
A candid interview with the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic
 • 
Dr. Gena Gorlin
2
In celebration of 2000 subscribers: come join + grow the "Builder's Mindset" community
Because it's better to build with friends
 • 
Dr. Gena Gorlin
5
Raising humanity's psychological ceiling
Why tech founders are an underserved population, and why we should all care more than we do.
 • 
Dr. Gena Gorlin
3
A different and better way to live
An exposition of the "builder's mindset" and its contraries
 • 
Dr. Gena Gorlin
2
A nation of, by, and for builders
...if we can keep it
 • 
Dr. Gena Gorlin
4
“Intellectual humility” is a copout
Why builders need to raise, not lower, their epistemic bar
 • 
Dr. Gena Gorlin
5
Building the Builders
Building the Builders
Exploring the psychology of ambitious creators: what it is, why it matters, and how to build it
Recommendations
View all 19
Pirate Wires
Pirate Wires
Mike Solana
The Free Press
The Free Press
Bari Weiss
Progress Forum Digest
Progress Forum Digest
Progress Forum Digest
Startup Parent
Startup Parent
Sarah K Peck
Astral Codex Ten
Astral Codex Ten
Scott Alexander

Building the Builders

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2023 Gena Gorlin
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing