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Nice article to show status signalling vanity and taste-based elitism. Adding a drop of "playing lego with kids" to show humane side was clever.


Yeah, I love this part too: https://arslan.io/2025/12/26/books-i-read-in-2025/

    > If I’m reading a book, once the kids are asleep, I have 3–4 hours each evening, and I also have free time on the weekends. So it’s possible to read a lot of books as a father of two kids. I could probably read even more if I stopped spending time on other things, like writing for my blog, learning piano, or doing industrial design.
I thought: "Oh, I see, so you don't parent much."


I too continue parenting my children once they are asleep.


It's possible to be a great parent who does "parent much" while also having your own hobbies and life.


He’s a software engineer with a passion for design.

Just skip it if it’s not for you.




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