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Caffeine explained in exactly 500 words
Caffeine is my favorite drug. Every morning, before I start my day, I brew myself a cup of coffee. As the caffeine enters my system, I transform from a…
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Freemasonry explained in exactly 500 words
Freemasonry is the world’s most famous secret society whose objective is to ‘take good men and make them better'. If you’re surprised by this seemingly…
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Dopamine explained in exactly 500 words
You’ve just woken up. What’s the first thing you do? If you’re like me, you get your first dopamine hit of the day - you reach for your phone.
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Louis Pereira
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December 2020

Stoicism explained in exactly 500 words
If practiced well, Stoicism can help you get rich and stay rich. I’m only half-joking. Stoicism is a school of Philosophy that originated in Athens in…
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Loss Aversion explained in exactly 500 words
You're not built to chase your dreams.
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Sleep explained in exactly 500 words
Sleep is like your significant other. You’re fond of it, but you don’t really understand it. From an evolutionary perspective, sleep is a strange…
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November 2020

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