Take the essays anywhere

All 233 essays, footnotes included, as clean markdown and JSON. Import them into your own AI notebook or notes app and ask away.

NotebookLM

Add one decade at a time. Each file stays well under NotebookLM's 500,000-word limit, so imports won't fail.

Claude / ChatGPT / Gemini

One file with the whole catalog — add it as knowledge to a Claude Project, a ChatGPT Project/Custom GPT, or a Gemini Gem.

Notion / Obsidian

Download any essay as markdown from its page, or take all of them as a zip.

Agents / scripts

Newline-delimited JSON — one full essay per line, for embeddings or your own tooling.

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