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Prepare for the Post Work World
AI is here to help. It shops for us, orders our food, plans our diets, writes our reports, answers our emails, and preps our meetings. …
We Are Labubu
Labubu dolls – those wide-eyed, fanged creatures with unsettling grins – have invaded our lives like a virus with a smile. You spot them dangling …
Your 48-70% Perfect Friend
You have a friend who constantly tells you how awesome you are, how amazing you look, and that you’re the best person ever. Wow. This …
Myths Save Lives
In 1940, as Nazi forces overran Europe, Winston Churchill faced a nation on the brink. He did not recite troop numbers or production figures. He …
A Little Folding of the Hands to Sleep
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; And …
What Civilization Can Learn from Pizza
There’s a well regarded pizza maker we know, Ronnie, who is a totally old school, Rhode-Island-style pie man. People literally drive for hours to try …
Doubling Down on Disaster
We live in the golden age of stubbornness. From corporate boardrooms to family WhatsApp groups, doubling down on bad decisions has become our default setting …
The Price of Utopia
Ever notice how the most beautiful promises come with fine print? Today’s Effective Altruists and Silicon Valley tech utopians, say: “A perfect society is possible—technology …
Seek the Flow
Once a man was tasked with building a mezzanine bed – seven feet high, handmade from wood, with an angled ladder and boxed shelving beneath …
Duty: The Killer App
We all know the situation. Every day, we turn on our magic box, the internet, and are immediately flooded with a torrent of influencers. It …
How to Predict the Future
Trump’s all-caps tweet of an Elon Musk quote went viral this week: THE BEST DEFINITION OF INTELLIGENCE IS THE ABILITY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE!!! The …
Quality Beats Quantity
We are often guilty of confusing quantity for quality – a bad habit from our “more-is-more” consumerist culture. But history shows that going bigger can …
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