Author: Mudassir Chapra

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Somethings

Pessimism Rules—Weekly Wisdom

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A bust of Antisthenes

Also, the problem with the Efficient Market hypothesis, the sign of a top rate mind and the open web is dying.

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Technology

Search is Still Dead: Demand side woes

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Locking search results behind a paywall won’t matter if the web is broken. You can’t find things that do not exist, no matter how hard you look.

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Somethings

The Price We Pay—Weekly Wisdom

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Also, the odd thing about familiarity, the problem with abstraction, and why sports truly do matter.

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Somethings

The Media & War—Weekly Wisdom

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War is hell. Especially on the truth.

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Uncategorized

Sam Harris Is Wrong—Weekly Wisdom

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Sam Harris. Cropped from a photo by Chrsitopher Michel. CC-BY2.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Also, how politics distorts the self, the evil of Eddie Bernays, how to scale ideas, what we lost in the pandemic and the role of the hardware store.

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Somethings

Artifice Over Truth—Weekly Wisdom

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Also the history of tax-free zones, the reality of low-skill jobs, and the commodification of faith.

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Isolation Diaries

Dispatches from Isolation 2022: It’s not as deadly

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It is also not mild

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Isolation Diaries

Dispatches from Isolation 2022: Day 1

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Worst Sequel of All Time!

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Somethings

Loving your chains—Weekly Wisdom

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A triangular cutout of Herbert Marcuse. Mercuse was a leading think in the The Frankfurt School.

Also, DAOs are stupid, owning demand is key, China is bad at cultural export, and why you should buy things, not experiences.

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Somethings

Of Maps & Measures—Weekly Wisdom

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Also, the price of discipline, the when-to of balance, the value of a book, and why search engines are dead!