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NFTs explained in exactly 500 words
Creators. They've struck gold.
Mar 14, 2021 • 
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Mimetic Desire explained in exactly 500 words
Like all animals, we know what we need. Nourishment, safety, sex. Our needs are limited. Instinctual. Natural. And in today’s world – almost guaranteed…
Feb 20, 2022 • 
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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…
Jan 24, 2021 • 
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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…
Jan 31, 2021 • 
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Fractional Reserve Banking explained in exactly 500 words
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…
Feb 17, 2021 • 
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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…
Dec 27, 2020 • 
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Dysevolution explained in exactly 500 words
It's not a word, but you need to know about it.
Jun 14, 2021 • 
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Viruses explained in exactly 500 words
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…
Nov 25, 2020 • 
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Loss Aversion explained in exactly 500 words
You're not built to chase your dreams.
Dec 16, 2020 • 
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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.
Jan 10, 2021 • 
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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…
Dec 2, 2020 • 
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Marxism explained in exactly 500 words
Europe was a strange place in the year 1848. The Industrial Revolution had changed its economic landscape. Democracy was gaining ground against…
Nov 18, 2020 • 
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