The Illusion of Permanence
What we own and the positions we hold depend on arrangements we rarely stop to think about.
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The Probability of Manufacturing Success
How repeated attempts improve our chances, and why the cost of failure and what we learn still matter.
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Dissecting Casey Neistat's Videos
An analysis of Neistat's filmmaking and editing techniques, so that I can film my own Neistat-inspired vlogs
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Why we buy stuff
An exploration of consumer psychology, status signalling, and the dopamine-driven search for identity through material possessions.
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Confronting Mortality
On keeping busy, putting off difficult questions, and thinking about how we want to spend the time we have.
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Lessons from the Three Kingdoms: Sima Yi vs. Zhuge Liang
How Sima Yi defeated one of history's greatest strategists not through a brilliant battlefield manoeuvre, but through self-control and logistics.
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Knowing what to ask
In today's world, knowing what to ask is more important than having all the right answers.
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The Modern-Day Narcissist
The Modern-Day Narcissist
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Reflections on Working in a Startup
Musings on my experience working at Databutton.
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Favourite Quotes
Wisdom from the eminent minds of the past and present.
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Dopamine Addiction
The Modern-Day Cigarette
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What you think, you become.
Manifest the life you want now.
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A Third-Person Perspective on Life
A reflection on life?
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Be Wary of Overly Simplified Narratives
In investing, as in life, it is easy to fall into the trap of overly simplified narratives.
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