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There's "regular luck" and "earned luck." When a stranger dies and leaves you $10,000,000, that's regular luck. Undeserved, unearned, a bolt out of the blue. Som ...

Friendship is part of it, but it's mutual forward motion that transforms a group. The shared journey and mutual respect of a cohort can change the arc of our work and our lives. When we’ ...

For many of us in the industrialized world, happiness is directly related to how big the container is. Overflowing vs. skimpy. Adequate vs. generous. Overloaded vs. slack to spare. We know that mak ...

There's more software available for free than ever before, and a lot of it is really good. Handmade by real people, for real people. If we're going to pay for it, it needs to be extraor ...

A problem without a solution isn't a problem, it's a situation we have to live with. But most existing problems do have solutions. We just don't like that solution. The solution m ...

It doesn't happen all at once. And it doesn't work suddenly. A home pressure cooker doesn't use more electricity than a hot pot. And it isn't as fast as a microwave. Instead ...

We talk about networks but we are rarely clear about what we mean. A specific sort of network is the grid, and even that idea is complicated by two competing meanings. There's the benign and ...

It's easy to come to the conclusion that people with means and high cultural status choose things that are better. Organic vegetables instead of junk food. But there's a long history of ...

"I'm applying to work at Disney, do you know anyone who can give me a reference" "My two partners and I are planning a new company, can we ask you for feedback on our ...

When we win by having someone else lose, we set up a conflict. It's clear, direct but not generative. But when we win by confronting our fear, everyone benefits. Often, people who choose to b ...