Complexity Condensed

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Like all animals, we know what we need. Nourishment, safety, sex. Our needs are limited. Instinctual. Natural. And in today’s world – almost guaranteed…
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It's not a word, but you need to know about it.
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Creators. They've struck gold.
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Imagine if instead of paying to park your car, you got paid for it. Wouldn’t you find it strange? You might assume that the parking attendant planned on…
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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 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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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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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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You're not built to chase your dreams.
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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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I've had the personal misfortune of experiencing two very different viruses in 2020. One attacked my computer. The other made me spend a fortnight in…
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Europe was a strange place in the year 1848. The Industrial Revolution had changed its economic landscape. Democracy was gaining ground against…
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