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Technology treats the process of consuming and the process of creating as distinctly different, when the reality is that for our brains, the process of absorbing a book is not all too different from the process of producing one. We are always seeking new connections, combining and recombining old ideas to produce new ones. So why is it that we... See more

But intelligence does not smoothly translate into power. Human beings, for most of our history, were just another animal. It took us eons to turn to build the technological civilization that has given us the dominion we now enjoy, and we stumbled often along the way. Some of the smartest people I know are the least effectual. Trump has altered... See more

Try to sell a $5 bill at a bus stop for $1. Odds are they’ll ignore you or walk away. It feels like a scam. The ‘no’ you get isn’t someone rejecting you... it’s someone examining the story and comparing it to their worldview. People buy (or reject) stories, not you