In the UK, soccer is by far the most popular sport. But in the best, most elite boys’ schools (Eton, Harrow, Winchester, etc) they tend …

So you’re just starting out in your career. You’re just out of college and your whole life is still very much in front of you. …

Our longtime friend, Austin Kleon, has a great newsletter. Every week, he sends out ten links of stuff he finds interesting. New writers, new businesses, new …

It’s a quirky thing: People compare themselves to their neighbors just as much in super-affluent neighborhoods as they do in regular neighborhoods. Counterintuitive, right? You think …

Re. Working for large organizations The thing about working for big orgs is that they have lots of layers. And these layers are there for …

  Can you share with us an overview of your new book and why it’s important to the Gapingvoid community? Brian: In Lifescale I’m sharing a …

We’ve heard this line attributed to both Chomsky and Werner Erhard. Either way, there is so much discussion about the importance of leaders [read: CEO] …

A lovely article in The Spectator states the obvious: that if you want to live long and happily, for heaven’s sake, keep your brain occupied. In …

There’s an old saying in the film business: a movie is only as good as the reasons for making it. Is the filmmaker trying to …

  Friends of Gapingvoid, Anyone who reads this daily expression of love, already knows that you are all part of the Gapingvoid family; folks connected by …

This is how a team effort pretty much works in a large organIzation. It’s not just about solving the problem at hand, it’s also about …

  In 1943, British Intelligence was involved in a plot to have Hitler assassinated. But then Churchill heard about it and had them call the …