Inside the Shell
ZeldaField notes on raising a generation of polymaths with Nautilus
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10 years of online writing will change your life
10 years ago, my life SUCKED. I was a 15 year old teen in the south of France, depressed, and up to no good. I remember sitting through a meeting where my teacher told my mom that I was going to ruin my life.
Yet somehow today I’m a publis...
San Francisco's DNA is mischief
Mischief: playfulness that is intended to create trouble.
Before San Francisco was known as the tech capital of the world, it was the city of the weirdos. Mischief in the city belonged to various communities: hippies, artists, sci...
I graduated from survival mode
I built my life on scrappiness. At first, it was out of necessity; I was dropping out of high school and into the world of startups and needed to get my foot through the door. Being scrappy made me creative, fast, and relentless.
But along...
The kids who ran away to 1960s San Francisco
“Dear people at Huckleberry’s… Please don’t ever close – we need you… I love you all for just being there. Melissa” March 1969
I’ve been reading Season of the Witch, a fantastic book on the history of San Francisco from the 1960s through t...
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San Francisco,
July 27, 2025
Dear young polymath,
This is the seventh installment of a series where we share insights from guests at Casa Nautilus. Nautilus is a 3-month residency for young polymaths. We bring you here, fully funded, to...
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Founder of Nautilus and mother of young polymaths
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