... whenever I want, without an appointment? Of course not. Nobody is allowed to call anyone without an appointment anymore. But at some point in the past, people did call…
I'm always reminding myself to avoid this. I call it the Advertiser Bias; basically, when someone or especially many people try to give you something, you automatically want to reject…
Can't I just change slowly? A little bit at a time? Uh.. yes, you can. In fact, all you're doing is changing slowly. Sometimes it's referred to as 'evolution'. Right,…
Currently as of this writing, in December 2020, I live in a world of over-abundance. And if I were to notice the obvious, then I would notice that: The reason…
Instead of an infinite number of options, imagine they all combine to make 2. At a given moment in time: There can be infinite optionsThere can be two optionsThere can…
The thrill is proportional to the distance jumped. empathy/ˈɛmpəθi/nounthe ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Empathy evolved to enable our ancient ancestors to work together as a…
Today I was listening to an Elon Musk talk on YouTube and heard him say the following sentence. "Designing the production system of a new product is at least an…
I used to think laziness was the biggest problem. But now I'm not sure. My favorite question to ponder: why, if we know what to do, don't we do it?…
So let's say you have 'lies' on one end of the scale. And on the other end of that scale, you have 'truth'. If you go to one end, you…
Being nice. Here's a fun paradox. When you’re nice, other people like you and good things happen to you, right? But when you say that you’re being nice because you…