Introducing: The Gauntlet

A new series that unravels why ideas live and die while moving through the mind

Feb 25 • Lee LeFever

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How the Mind Translates What You Experience

A brief explanation of the limits of the human mind and how it processes information from the world around you.

Feb 17 • Lee LeFever

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Inside the Sensory Bubble

An essential way to think about crafting explanations for others

Feb 4 • Lee LeFever

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January 2026

The Baseline Problem

Explanations require a shared understanding of what is real. And that's the problem.

Jan 28 • Lee LeFever

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What Happens in the Mind When We Explain

Understand a big idea from cognitive science on the mind's role in explanation.

Jan 21 • Lee LeFever

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I Now See What Was Missing

How brain science changed how I think about the skill of explanation

Jan 14 • Lee LeFever

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The Science of Explanation

Notes on the future of this newsletter and my professional life (2 minute read)

Jan 6 • Lee LeFever

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December 2025

Where this is Going

An epiphany that led to new directions (and results from the poll)

Dec 9, 2025 • Lee LeFever

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November 2025

Which Dinner Party Person Are You?

An analysis of each party attendee and a quick and anonymous poll.

Nov 26, 2025 • Lee LeFever

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The Dinner Party: Samantha the Natural

Follow the inner monologue of a Natural as they attend a dinner party. Part 4 of 4.

Nov 19, 2025

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The Dinner Party: Erik the Analyst

Follow the inner monologue of an Analyst as they attend a dinner party. Part 3 of 4.

Nov 12, 2025 • Lee LeFever

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The Dinner Party: Lena the Feeler

Follow the inner monologue of a Feeler as they attend a dinner party. Part 2 of 4.

Nov 4, 2025

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