Welcome to the Operation: Human Archive

Welcome to the archive.

Operation: Human is the only science-backed weekly email dedicated to growing your human intelligence in the age of AI.

Each issue features a prompt to develop your intuition, imagination, emotion, or commonsense.

Together, they power your mind in ways a computer never could.

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Issue 56

The color of the sky in the far right windowpane is different than in the other windows.

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Issue 55

Imagine that you've coached your basketball team to two consecutive national championships…

Image.

Sarah Lagrotteria 5/18/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 5/18/25

Issue 54

How gratitude powers protest songs.

Sarah Lagrotteria 5/11/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 5/11/25

Issue 53

“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert…”

Sarah Lagrotteria 5/4/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 5/4/25

Issue 52

“His fingernails are dirty.”

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Issue 51

Abraham Lincoln and the lure of the American West.

Sarah Lagrotteria 4/20/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 4/20/25

Issue 50

Certain works of art give you courage.

Queen's We Will Rock You is one

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Issue 49

Imagination with Maya Angelou

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Issue 48

Issue 48: Intuition with Tateishi Harumi's Clover (1934)

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Issue 47

Commonsense with Henri Matisse

Sarah Lagrotteria 3/23/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 3/23/25

Issue 46

On Emotion (Optimism) and Slumdog Millionaire

Sarah Lagrotteria 3/16/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 3/16/25

Issue 45

Imagination with Flannery O'Connor

Sarah Lagrotteria 3/9/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 3/9/25

Issue 44

Intuition with Van Gogh’s Postman.

Postman Joseph Roulin by Vincent Van Gogh (1888)

Sarah Lagrotteria 3/2/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 3/2/25

Issue 43

Like the oracles of old, Warren Buffett shares profound insights, including the secret to his success as an investor.

Sarah Lagrotteria 2/23/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 2/23/25

Issue 42

Why We Binge TV and Feeling Less Lonely with Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels.

Sarah Lagrotteria 2/2/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 2/2/25

Issue 41

On Finding Peace of Mind in Mrs. Dalloway and Joan of Arc

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Issue 40

On Revitalizing Your Future with Gabriel García Marquéz and Josiah Wedgwood.

Meninas by Sarah Affonso (1928)

Sarah Lagrotteria 1/18/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 1/18/25

Issue 39

On Activating Curiosity with Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood and Catherine the Great.

The Trapper by Rockwell Kent (1921)

Sarah Lagrotteria 1/11/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 1/11/25

Issue 38

On Clearing Your Mind with Dylan's Don't Think Twice and “Auntie” Sue Min

Path in the Snow by Eyvind Earle (1916-2000)