Most people approach decisions about education with a focus on utility. You hear this a lot when people talk about language learning. "Spanish is a good language to learn because you can use it in …
The New Rules for Retirement
Technological progress is making the conventional life plan more and more pointless. Sacrificing now to accumulate wealth for the future does not match up with exponential improvements in …
Leadership and Management
I've always felt perplexed by people who want to create careers in "leadership" or "management." I've never wanted to be a leader or a manager. I know that to achieve some of my goals I will have …
Self-Transformation and Greatness (Whiplash)
Last night Amanda and I watched Whiplash. It is the story of an ambitious young jazz drummer struggling to become great at his craft. ***Spoilers*** It reminds me a lot of Black Swan, and there …
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You Can’t Ease Your Way Into Valuable Work
There is lots of popular advice about working smart not hard. Most of the advice givers (that you read advice from) are successful and have gone through long periods of hard work. Whether it was …
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Nostradamus’ Law
The benifit of making a correct public prediction vastly outweighs the consequences of making an incorrect prediction. In normal day to day life, if you make predictions to your friends and they …