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David Graeber was Right…—Weekly Wisdom

…about bullshit jobs! Also, the habit of reading, the UX of children, the habit of reading, and what is the real name of Greece anyway.

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The Power of Not Knowing—Weekly Wisdom

Also, on the misuse of probability, the hilarious working habits of young people, the benefits of commitment, the role of luck in life and a bizarre crime

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Happy New Year—Weekly Wisdom

Best of 2021 part 2!

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Best of 2021(part 1)—Weekly Wisdom

From different ways to get stabbed to the cruelties of online mobs. I share the best of the year

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Officially Old—Weekly Wisdom

Also, how all businesses turn into banks, the failure of GDP as a metric, Piracy as an access solution, and what to do in a knife fight.

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Style is Substance—Weekly Wisdom

Also, how quack theories survive, the benefits of rapid covid testing, the buoyancy of old age, and why is everything liberal.

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The Magic Cassette Tape—Weekly Wisdom 7th December 2021

Also snowflakes aren’t special, how we spend out time, reading Nietszsche and the efficiencies of the markets.

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The Post-Literate Society—Weekly Wisdom 30th November 2021

Marshall McLuhan was right! Also, the time the US defaulted, credibility in the social sciences, the fog of politics, and David Foster Wallace on humility.

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Bad Guys Win…Sometimes—Weekly Wisdom 23rd November

Also, how BBQ went from scraps to gold, the power of stories, how to be better at predictions, and how block chain is trash.

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The Real and the Imaginary—Weekly Wisdom 16th November, 2021

Also the dehumanizing nature of photographs, the state of US electoral politics, China’s state power, the incentives that made the internet and how to engage online.