It Can’t Go On Forever (And Other Encouraging Thoughts)
There’s something reassuring about Stein’s Law, which says, quite simply, “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” It’s the sort of logic that should be…
Finance and Economy
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Level the Playing Field, Not the Players
When I was ten, I lost the spelling bee to a kid named Jeremy, who once stapled his own finger to a vocabulary worksheet. He wasn’t trying…
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Why Context Is Everything ; And What Happens When We Ignore It
The first time I heard the phrase; text without context is pretext, I thought someone was scolding me for plagiarizing a Bible verse on Instagram. It sounded…
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A Man of Words and Not of Deeds
There was a man I knew; let’s call him Craig, although his name was something less memorable, like Todd or Phil, who had an astonishing ability to…
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Sometimes Wrong, Never in Doubt: Why Action Beats Perfection Every Time
There’s a kind of unapologetic clarity in the phrase sometimes wrong, but never in doubt. It sounds reckless at first, maybe even arrogant, but there’s a strange…
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The Enshittification of Everything: How the World Is Slowly Falling Apart
At first, it all felt like progress. Smooth interfaces. Same-day shipping. Affordable college loans. Doctors who smiled. Governments that promised. Food that tasted like it came from…
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Strong Men, Weak Men, and the Hamster Wheel of History
There are moments in life that make you feel like a genius. For most people, it’s when they successfully parallel park on the first try or remember…
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The One Thing Hackers Can’t Steal: Why Human Connection Is Our Last Safe Asset
The news slid across my screen the same way it always does now, like a mild paper cut to the brain. Just enough to sting but not…
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The Surprisingly Undramatic Evolution of Money
For as long as people have lived together, they have traded things. A fish for a net. A chicken for some cloth. A promise for peace. Before…
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Invest Like You Care: A Beginner’s Guide to Looking Virtuous
It all started with an ad that popped up while I was reading an article about how the ultra-wealthy plan to survive climate change. I was halfway…