{"source":"https://substrate.dougbelshaw.com","title":"Substrate","updated":"2026-09-13T05:11:19.000Z","items":[{"title":"The true measure of success","url":"https://substrate.dougbelshaw.com/the-true-measure-of-success","date":"2026-09-12T07:39:29.000Z","category":"notes","excerpt":"Source: Are.na","image":"https://substrate.dougbelshaw.com/api/uploads/fbb548b9-c017-4ae5-a616-c8a2b6bbd33d.webp","imageAlt":"Blue text on a white background reading THE TRUE MEASURE OF SUCCESS IS A CALM NERVOUS SYSTEM"},{"title":"Marcus Aurelius on... bread","url":"https://substrate.dougbelshaw.com/marcus-aurelius-on-bread","date":"2026-09-11T12:14:44.000Z","category":"notes","excerpt":"We ought to observe also that even the things which follow after the things which are produced according to nature contain something pleasing and attractive. For instance, when bread is baked some parts are split at the surface, and these parts which thus open, and have a certain…","image":"https://substrate.dougbelshaw.com/api/uploads/441cd23e-6de8-4b12-98e2-742f63b5ce96.jpg","imageAlt":"Artisanal bread"},{"title":"On the joys of being mis-cited on a regular basis","url":"https://substrate.dougbelshaw.com/on-the-joys-of-being-mis-cited-on-a-regular-basis","date":"2026-09-11T07:34:12.000Z","category":"reflections","excerpt":"Every week I get a Google Scholar alert with academic articles that have cited my work. The screenshot above is from a recent one about which I was alerted. No, I'm not going to link to it. These days, it's pretty obvious that the authors of papers citing my work haven't read my…","image":"https://substrate.dougbelshaw.com/api/uploads/23ca1adf-bf5e-4d7e-97bb-ee96a51a2df0.jpg","imageAlt":"Bar chart titled 'Student Literacy Levels Based on the Belshaw Model' showing percentage scores for eight elements—Civic, Critical, Creative, Confident, Communicative, Constructive, Cognitive, Cultural—with most bars roughly between 60% and 95%."},{"title":"AI-engineered superviruses probably aren't going to kill us all any time soon","url":"https://substrate.dougbelshaw.com/ai-engineered-superviruses","date":"2026-09-10T14:38:25.000Z","category":"notes","excerpt":"Thank goodness for people like Claus Wilke, who writes so eloquently, unpretentiously, and reasonably about a subject he knows inside-out. Unlike, for example, Noah Smith, who apparently should stick to being an economist: Who am I? Why should you listen to me? Well, for one, unl…","image":"https://substrate.dougbelshaw.com/api/uploads/71a0fb92-79d1-4069-9cc7-6981f7dedcc2.jpg","imageAlt":"Global outbreak map showing red circles of varying size marking case concentrations across Europe, Asia, North America, Africa, and Australia, with the largest clusters visible over Europe and East Asia."},{"title":"I think you've got something in your eye...","url":"https://substrate.dougbelshaw.com/i-think-youve-got-something-in-your-eye","date":"2026-09-10T14:31:14.000Z","category":"notes","excerpt":"It's now 16 years since I've been in the classroom, but you never really get out of the mindset of being a teacher. As one mug I saw put it \"Teachers don't get old, they just lose their class\" 😅 I loved teaching History, and particularly 1066 and the Battle of Hastings. This new…","image":"https://substrate.dougbelshaw.com/api/uploads/3c8dc399-e87f-469d-9d90-4c4b9efeb496.png","imageAlt":"A screenshot of The Bayeux Tapestry online experience"}]}