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 49

Imagination with Maya Angelou

Sarah Lagrotteria 4/6/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 4/6/25

Issue 48

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

Sarah Lagrotteria 3/30/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 3/30/25

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

Sarah Lagrotteria 1/26/25 Sarah Lagrotteria 1/26/25

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)

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

Issue 37

On Finding Optimism in Chaplin’s The Gold Rush and John Deere.

Ming Smith, Grace Jones, Studio 54 (1970s)

Sarah Lagrotteria 12/29/24 Sarah Lagrotteria 12/29/24

Issue 36

Issue 36: Angus’s Predictions for 2025

Andy Warhol, Untitled from Sunset (1972)

Sarah Lagrotteria 12/22/24 Sarah Lagrotteria 12/22/24

Issue 35

Issue 35: On Believing Your Dreams Can Come True with I Love Lucy and LeVar Burton.

Diego Rivera, Niña con muñeca de trapo, 1939

Sarah Lagrotteria 12/15/24 Sarah Lagrotteria 12/15/24

Issue 34

Issue 34: On Regret with Joni Mitchell and John Hancock

A Red Umbrella in the Snow by Saul Leiter (1955)