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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?
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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Halloween, a pagan ritual
Halloween originated from a pagan religious festival, Samhain. Attempts were made to reframe it as a Christian celebration, but it never did away its pagan aspects. If you confess that you are a follower of Jesus, and still consider that Halloween is an innocent celebration, you better think again. Do your research. You might find Read more
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Losing potential
The industrialized system of schooling doesn’t have a lot of time to jump-start those who start a bit behind, doesn’t go out of its way to nurture the slow starter. It’s easier to bring everyone up to a lowered average instead. Stop Stealing Dreams Read more
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