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How H-town got its Hustle
If you look at a map, New Orleans looks like a natural place to put the Gulf of Mexico’s largest port. It feeds right into …
When It’s Not Just a Game
Many of us have played the hit board game Monopoly and have basked in the joy of owning the entire board, collecting dues when our …
How Evil Spreads
CS Lewis, JP Sartre, and Nelson Algren all had a similar idea about the nature of evil. How boring and banal it is, and how normal …
What’s Your Latest Bad Idea?
Our friend Dr. Benjamin Hardy frequently quotes Robert Brault in Be Your Future Self Now: “We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but …
Feed the Wolf?
There’s a famous Cherokee myth about good and evil. As it goes.. An old man was teaching his grandson about life. “There’s a battle going …
What Comes First, Action or Courage?
They say leaders eat last. While this is slowly becoming a pithy, overused catchphrase, it’s also a powerful maxim that reminds leaders of their primary …
Does Slow and Steady Win the Race?
If you came of age in say, the late nineties or sooner, there were two rules you had to know: 1. Google is unstoppable, nobody …
Want to be Noticed?
The human brain has all sorts of reflexes that shape our judgment. As behavioral economists discovered, we experience a salience effect, judging things that stand …
How Much is Too Much
In 1965, CEOs at the top 350 publicly owned US firms made 20 times as much as their average employee. In 2021, they made 400 …
Fact Vs. Fiction: It’s Not About the Truth
A myth, once circulated, can last a long time. That’s because our cognitive machines are rife with glitches. (The existence of these glitches is the …
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
If you read The Holy Bible or sacred books like it, what do you find? People struggling away at whatever challenges the Almighty sends them. …
Kids, What Are They Good For?
In many families, people can say it like it is. You’re more likely to be brutally honest with a family member than Bob from accounting. …
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