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What Happens When A Legend Forgets Who It Is?
Quick question: what color is Ferrari? Bet you didn’t have to think about it. Not because Ferrari owns the color red. Or because their marketing …
The UK Is Running On Outdated Software
It’s not been an easy few months for the UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. Apparently he’s the most unpopular Prime Minister on record. By …
Why Do We Keep Killing The Golden Goose?
We all know the famous Aesop fable about the Golden Goose. A farmer had a goose that laid golden eggs. Every so often the goose …
What Memorial Day Teaches Us About The Nature Of Sacrifice
On Memorial Day, we remember those who fell serving our country. The ones who paid the ultimate price. It would be utterly psychopathic on a …
What Made Alexander So Great
Most of us know Alexander The Great. The young, flamboyant, talented and charismatic leader who defeated The Perisan King Darius III, and built an empire …
How to Control What You Can’t Control
In 2024, TD Bank rolled out a program allowing investors to buy fractions of large company stocks. Brands like Nike, Coca-Cola, Apple, Google, Starbucks. Brilliant …
Death by 1000 Optimizations
Remember what coffee shops used to feel like? Soft lighting. The smell of roasted beans and steamed milk filling the shop, a scent almost as …
If Resumes are Dead, What Takes Their Place?
The UK advertising creative, Rob Mayhew, recently posted a charming-yet-poignantly satirical short about the grim realities of landing a full-time job. Basically, one should expect …
Inform. Educate. Entertain.
If you’re a Brit who makes it to 100, there’s a lovely custom where you get a personally hand-written letter from the Monarch, saying congrats …
When In Doubt, Swim Upstream.
The conservative publisher, the late Andrew Breitbart had a famous phrase, “Politics is downstream from culture,” i.e. politics change because the culture changes, not vice …
When Airlines Remembered What Really Fuels their Business
The big story over the weekend was Spirit Airlines going out of business. It’s sad, sure, but was anyone really surprised? To begin with, air …
Colorless, Shapeless Orb
Everybody’s best friend on the Internet, the relatable Elyse Myers (3.9 million followers on Instagram, with a New York Times best seller to boot), published …
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