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Luxury goods are special: they are scarce and expensive, and they earn us status with some folks because it shows that we paid more than we…

Enrico Fermi found a paradox: If there’s intelligent life on other planets, why haven’t we heard from them yet? Perhaps the answer is this: Any civilization…

Significant digits | Seth’s Blog Even though it’s possible to design an oral thermometer that measures body temperature to a hundredth of a…

The other backpacks | Seth’s Blog A powerful metaphor from a long hike: Every hiker is intimately aware of their backpack. They picked…

Toward obvious | Seth’s Blog Most people do the obvious thing, that’s why we call it obvious. A new product, idea or technology…

Create a document, several pages long, that explains who you are. What sort of learner are you? Do you have degrees or expertise? What sort of…

Uncomfortable/unspoken | Seth’s Blog If you want to make a change (or make a living) it might pay to find a topic that…

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. Someone…

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…

Bucket size | Seth’s Blog For many of us in the industrialized world, happiness is directly related to how big the container is.…