<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The European Polymath</title><description>Essays and notes by Pierre Blanchet, a software engineer in Berlin. Technology, AI, economics, science, history, and building things.</description><link>https://theeuropeanpolymath.eu/</link><language>en-GB</language><item><title>Reading against the summary</title><link>https://theeuropeanpolymath.eu/notes/reading-against-the-summary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://theeuropeanpolymath.eu/notes/reading-against-the-summary/</guid><description>A sample note on why a synopsis is not a substitute for the book, the paper, or the argument.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>reading</category><category>ai</category><category>example</category></item><item><title>Tools are not taste</title><link>https://theeuropeanpolymath.eu/notes/tools-are-not-taste/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://theeuropeanpolymath.eu/notes/tools-are-not-taste/</guid><description>A short sample note on the difference between a good stack and a point of view.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>building</category><category>example</category></item><item><title>Why a personal site still matters</title><link>https://theeuropeanpolymath.eu/articles/why-a-personal-site-still-matters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://theeuropeanpolymath.eu/articles/why-a-personal-site-still-matters/</guid><description>A sample essay about writing slowly, on a domain you own, in an internet that would rather summarise you.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>writing</category><category>internet</category><category>example</category></item></channel></rss>