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A while back, I read a story about a young writer and former stock trader named Jack Raines.Â
His story took place in the crazy wild-west days of 2019-2021. I’m sure you saw a few news stories from the period: the price of Gamestop stock randomly increasing 30 fold in less than a ...
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These past two weeks, we were supposed to be at Burning Man.
On August 24th, we arrived on site and were well into the process of setting up.Â
And then the symptoms started.Â
A bit of dizziness, a bit of nausea, a bit of a headache. What could the cause be? First hypothesis: deh...
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As I write this newsletter to you, I’m getting ready for my annual trip to Burning Man.Â
If you haven’t heard of it, Burning Man is a week-long event that takes place in the Black Rock desert of Nevada. And in this desert, every year, participants erect what is called Black Rock...
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When was the last time you realized that a long-held assumption you made was invalid?
Today, I’m going to share a doozy.Â
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The natural order of things.
You’re born, you grow up, you get married, you have kids, they grow up, perhaps they produce children of their own, you even...
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A country’s level of economic development is popularly assumed to be the same thing as its standard of living. For example, GDP growth (or decline) is a widely used indicator of whether or not that country is going in the right direction.
Because of this, it’s also often assume...
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When I teach assumption hacking, I find it’s as much about getting learners to *stop* certain behaviors as it is about getting them to learn new ones. As I wrote about last week, humans are hardwired to make assumptions. And once an assumption is made, the default position of our...
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When my husband and I take a long road trip, the typical scenario is that I bring my laptop and get some work done while he drives.
Last week, I changed things up.
Despite 2.5 hours in the passenger seat and the many things that needed to get done, I decided to leave my computer...