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Conservationists Want To Starve Africans
Everyone is an environmentalist to some degree. At the very least, nobody wants to shit where they eat. Even if you believe the Earth was put here solely so its inhabitants can exploit it, you don’t think it can be … Continue reading
Gossip
Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas. – Eleanor Roosevelt The explosion of mindless ‘reality’ television has talking heads decrying the state of culture and intellectualism in the United States. They point to shows that … Continue reading
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Tagged dig deeper, gossip, meaningful conversation
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Communism Rocks!
This is a satellite photo of the Korean Peninsula at night, taken in October 2006. The bright spots represent lights. While South Korea, particularly the heavily populated area around Seoul, is ablaze in light, North Korea is almost entirely dark … Continue reading
You Have Not Arrived At Your Destination
“If you ever get some idea you’ve arrived at a certain level,” he says, “you should only be taking it as a cue to work harder and to push farther.” -Jack White The people I know who, from my vantage … Continue reading
The Two Device Solution
If you’ve ever been backpacking, weight is one of the biggest issues. You want to take as little as possible to make your load as light as possible. Nobody wants to lug half their kitchen and bathroom on their back … Continue reading
Wake Up Early, Rule the World
Most people seem to hate getting up early. Â “I’m just not a morning person” they say. Â I won’t totally call bullshit on this one. Â It turns out, there appears to be some genetics involved when it comes to sleeping preferences. … Continue reading
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How To Get Back 9 Weeks of Your Life
“1 in 3 Adults Don’t Get Enough Sleep” “Doctors Agree: 8 Hours of Sleep Is Key To Staying Healthy” “You Are Worse Than Pinochet If You Don’t Sleep 8 Hours a Night” I just watched this four minute talk by Arianna … Continue reading
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Tagged early riser, How to sleep less, rise early, Set up a sleep cycle
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What Do You Want?
“I don’t know what I want to do with my life.” Â I hear this all the time. Â Hell, I think this all the time. Â It’s a disconcerting thought, as it generally means you’re not happy with what you’re currently doing, … Continue reading
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Tagged goal setting, how to get what you want, reflect
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It’s OK to be Wrong
The late 1960’s and early 70’s was an era of contrasts: free love and government hatred; sexual revolution and the threat of nuclear annihilation; the birth of an age of technology and exploration and the threat of social and environmental … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Perfectionism is bad
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Money is the Root of All Good
One of the most thought provoking, relevant things I’ve ever read. Â Read it in its entirety. Now. http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/economics/money/1826-francisco-s-money-speech.html
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Don’t Let Associations Define You
Paul Graham, in his essay Keep Your Identity Small, dishes out some wonderful advice about how to have better discussions, be a more rational person, and, ultimately, how to be a better person. Â The problem, as he describes it: I … Continue reading
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You Can Screw People, As Long As They Have A Say
“That’s not fair!” If you have kids, or friends with kids, you probably hear this a lot. Fairness is a wildly subjective standard, and as such, it usually doesn’t really mean anything. The only problem is, people’s subjective opinions about … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Persuasion, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Fairness, Negotiation, Sway
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Don’t Piss Your Life Away
Many people have a tendency to be lazy. Â When they get home from work or school, they lounge around. Â Maybe they watch some TV, or surf the internet for a bit, cook some food, relax, watch more TV, think about … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Time Track, Time Tracking
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Start at the Bottom
I’ve always said that talent is overrated. Â Most people can become really good at most things given enough deliberate practice. Â These photos by Stanley Kubrick, just a lowly photojournalist for Look magazine in 1949, began to show the sort of … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Aesthetics, Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Photography, Self-Improvement, Style
Tagged 1949, Advice, Chicago, Cinema, mastery, Photograph, Stanley Kubrick, Story Telling
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Don’t Break The Chain
There’s no better way to become great at something than to do it every single day. Whether you want to learn to play the guitar, or become a great tennis player, or be a great standup comedian, doing something every … Continue reading
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