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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • Knowledge gaps

    Educated and well-informed people always have huge gaps in their knowledge of the world. Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America Read more

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  • (Automatically) deleting emails

    When was the last time you deleted an email right after you received it? When was the last time your email went straight to the trash without you reading it? I cannot remember when exactly this habit began. Still, I’ve been starting to observe that I delete the emails immediately when reaching my phone after Read more

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  • Predicting the future and fraud

    Now let’s say you had experience in economics and business, as I do. In those domains, anyone telling you they can predict the future in ten years with their complicated multivariate models is automatically considered fraud. Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America Read more

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  • What is school for?

    When I was in college, I can hear my classmates express their displeasure concerning the hours wasted memorizing a formula they will never use after graduation. Listening to their well-thought complaint, I can’t help think the same way. Why do we have to study things we never plan to pursue? Why can’t we instead focus Read more

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  • What is work?

    What is work?

    When I was in college, I thought that work is something you are obliged to do even your heart is not up to it. Years later, while I was trying to understand the implications of a particular law affecting the energy sector, I realized that work is what you choose to do. These are the Read more

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  • Environmental alarmism

    When you see polar bears, you may think of climate change. Mainstream media taught you that. I have to admit that when I was young, seeing those polar bears on television convinced me that I can help solve climate change by specializing in energy. And the mainstream media led me to believe that renewable energy Read more

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  • The gradual process of leadership

    Leadership isn’t something that people hand to you. You don’t do followership for years and then someone anoints you and says, “here.” In fact, it’s a gradual process, one where you take responsibility years before you are given authority. Stop Stealing Dreams Read more

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jessa

Everyday Stories, Lived

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