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A Radical Act

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.” ― Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) Most of us know the Thanksgiving story: Pilgrims, …

Help! How Do I Cook a Turkey?

Here in the US, when we hear “Michelin”, gold stars in haute cuisine and Michelin-Star restaurants come to mind. But Michelin is not a food …

Get Out of The Way

Bernard Arnault didn’t just build LVMH, he created new rules for luxury. Most stories are about the deals – how he acquired Christian Dior, Moet …

Hyperreal is the New Real

There’s a French postmodern philosopher, Jean Baudrillard, who made a big splash in the late 20th Century with his two big ideas about how information …

What Matters Not What’s Easy

“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” It’s called Goodhart’s Law, and it explains why good intentions can lead …

It’s Not That Hard

There’s nothing you can do to make people trust you. Except saying only what you mean. Except doing exactly what you say you’re going to …

What Actually Survives

On Christmas Night, 1776, George Washington’s Continental Army faced a choice. Hessian mercenaries hired by the British encamped across the Delaware River. The sun had …

Mommy, Where Does Money Come From?

When companies with identical resources produce wildly different results, we all want to know the secret. The recently announced Nobel Prize in Economics, which was …

There’s Always A Storm Coming

Here in South Florida where Gapingvoid is based, we just survived another Hurricane season. Watching a few hurricanes nearly miss us naturally led us to …

The Scariest Place to Be

Imagine a curve. Amazon is on the left, hyper-efficient, where you can buy a nice handbag made in China for $15. Hermes is on the …

Stop telling me about yourself

Doritos recently sent their chips to space. They developed a special chip that was eaten in gravity-free outer space by real astronauts, and live streamed …