<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Intrinsic Reward — essays</title><description>Essays about minds, machines, money and the future.</description><link>https://intrinsic-reward.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Should I write?</title><link>https://intrinsic-reward.com/writing/2026-10-should-i-write/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://intrinsic-reward.com/writing/2026-10-should-i-write/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>minds</category></item><item><title>Why I believe in EF</title><link>https://intrinsic-reward.com/writing/2026-09-why-i-believe-in-ef/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://intrinsic-reward.com/writing/2026-09-why-i-believe-in-ef/</guid><description>Most people never get a real push on what they actually want to do. EF is that push, and a bridge into a world that is very hard to get into from the outside.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>money</category></item><item><title>The strange truth about &quot;adulting&quot;</title><link>https://intrinsic-reward.com/writing/2026-08-adulting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://intrinsic-reward.com/writing/2026-08-adulting/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>minds</category></item><item><title>The title was redacted in the interests of the user</title><link>https://intrinsic-reward.com/writing/2026-08-companion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://intrinsic-reward.com/writing/2026-08-companion/</guid><description>A child&apos;s AI assistant has to deal with a very unfortunate discovery.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>machines</category></item></channel></rss>