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Make Important Trade-offs
Flying in the face of everything I’ve said in my last few emails, I want you to remember an
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High Expectations Make Us Perform Better: The Pygmalion Effect Explained
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What is Cryptocurrency? A Detailed Overview
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Insights from David Graeber's 'Debt: The First 5000 Years'
1. An introduction to the book In this blog post, we will explore the role of debt in society. In
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The illusion of productivity
The irony of our modern preoccupation with productivity is that it is largely mimetic. Its sense of necessity is largely
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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): What They Are and How to Buy Them
“NFTs are risky because their future is uncertain, and we don’t yet have a lot of history to judge
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The Abilene Paradox: Explained
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Bayesian Thinking: A Primer
In the 17th century, mathematician and philosopher Thomas Bayes developed a way of thinking that has been both misunderstood and
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Book Review: How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton Christensen
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