The Next Big Idea Club Book of the Day Newsletter
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Most Rich Countries Don't Make You File Your Own Taxes
The Big Idea
Americans pay a hidden time tax. We lose countless hours to forms, applications, and other administrative hassles. Most of that burden is unnecessary, and it falls hardest on people with the least time to spare.
Why...
Americans Want at Least Two Kids. They're Having 1.6
The Big Idea: Falling birth rates don’t mean people want fewer children. They mean the families people want feel out of reach. Fixing it requires economic and social conditions that make caring for one another possible.
Why It Matters: Ame...
Do You Have a Problem... or a Situation? Here’s Why the Difference Matters
The Big Idea
Most of what keeps us stuck isn't actually a problem. It's a situation we've mistaken for one, tangled up with old identities, imagined critics, and sunk costs.
Why It Matters
It's easy to confuse what must be accept...
The Hardest Part of Retirement Isn’t Saving. It’s Spending
Listen to these big ideas on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
The Big Idea
We spend decades learning how to save for retirement but almost no time learning how to spend once we get there. Turning part of a nest egg into reliable monthl...
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The long fight against equality in America.
America was founded on a radical promise: all people are created equal...
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I co-founded Nerve, Babble, and the Next Big Idea Club. I host the NBI podcast and work with a team of wonderful people to deliver you a daily offering of new ideas in audio and text formats.
Co-founder, Next Big Idea Club
Author of A Familiar Beast (novella) and How to Get Into Our House and Where We Keep the Money (stories). Editorial director of the Next Big Idea Club. I write about books, publishing, and the writing life at Author Insider.
Rufus is building the Next Big Idea Club with a collection of lovely people. We release a new Book Bite every day via Book a Day on Substack, and new Next Big Idea podcast every week.
I help people think and act more effectively, using practical research-based insights. My background includes a PhD from Cambridge University, where I teach quantitative research methods.
Group Dialogue Facilitator and Author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet And Why It Matters and (as of Sep 8, 2026!), The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict.
Buy my memoir (it’s fun, I swear!) about work——TRYHARD: A CAUTIONARY TALE OF CLOCKING IN AND SPINNING OUT
Award-winning NPR health journalist & CBS Sunday Morning contributor. Author of Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love. Reporting on how to live well at every age, finding meaning and momentum, and helping you answer: what's next?
Author of All the Feels and tech emotionographer. I translate the internet’s emotional weirdness into practical ways to feel more human online.
I help people think and act more effectively, using practical research-based insights. My background includes a PhD from Cambridge University, where I teach quantitative research methods.
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