Ben Wheeler·Apr 2, 2025My 2024 marathon of booksI read more books in 2024 than in any other year of my life—over 200 of them. I made a study of picture books in particular, mapping their…
Ben Wheeler·Mar 19, 2025Gender-affirming care is for (most) of usGender-affirming care is not just for a few of us, it’s for many of us. Here’s some of the gender-affirming care I’ve received:
Ben Wheeler·Feb 5, 2025The Wanderer of Suma: a Parable of the Conscious Self“…the sense of self disappears when closely examined, and this is done through the practice of meditation.”
Ben Wheeler·Jan 9, 2025Here are my sleep problems. Any ideas?I’ve been having chronic sleep problems. A summary:A response icon3A response icon3
Ben Wheeler·Oct 5, 2024Money feels like a blessingIt’s so strange how intellectually, I understand completely that money is not virtue, and that this is a bullshit illusion that capitalism…
Ben Wheeler·May 30, 2024The books that connected me in 20232023 was a year that started for me with great uncertainty, then built into connection and community, and finally became engulfed by war.
Ben Wheeler·Apr 17, 2024UnderworldThe idea that there is a secret network below us that allows arbitrary access across our cities is an enduring fantasy. In Teenage Mutant…
Ben Wheeler·Dec 21, 2023Books that made space for me to dream in 20222022 was a year of both promise and frustration for me. I started the year in my last semester of grad school, taking inspiring courses…
Ben Wheeler·Jan 19, 2022Books I rebuilt myself with in 2021My highest recommendations, in a nutshell:
InRobot OwlbyBen Wheeler·Nov 9, 2021We need to change how we teach kids to programThis is the essay I wrote for my application to Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.
