Amit Cohen
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Amit Cohen
“I remember perfectly well what life was like before. Well enough to miss some things a lot, like the ability to take off for some other country at a moment’s notice. That was so great. Why did I never do that? … See what I did there? The fact is, most of the freedom I had before kids, I never used. I paid for it in loneliness, but I never used
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Don’t let your fear of what could happen, make nothing happen
So it’s useful to ask what absolute power would reveal about Israel and Hamas. In other words, what would each side do if it had nukes and its enemies didn’t? Based on Hamas’s history, and its charter, which calls for the total obliteration of Israel, we can be confident they’d nuke Tel Aviv. And yet, if Israel had nukes, they wouldn’t nuke... See more
Gurwinder • Debunking Myths About Israel & Palestine
Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments.
— Neil Strauss
The Earth is Rotating at around 600 miles per hour The Earth is orbiting the sun at 67,000 miles per hour, while The Entire Solar system is orbiting the galactic core at 514,000 miles per hour. That makes over 40,000 miles of interstellar travel in 5 minutes. The Galaxies themselves are moving apart at variable speeds....."There is no way, not even
... See moreWhen I was at Google, my very first promotion from Eng 1 to Eng 2 got rejected after 2 years in the role. The feedback from the promo committee was “work on more impactful projects”. I was disappointed, but I also learned that “I’ll just do what I’m told and I’ll get promoted” is simply not true. I needed to rethink my approach.
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Impact is so much more important than doing your job right. Based on a LinkedIn post by Irina Stanescu
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“I realized that I could lose myself in a character. I could live in a character. It was a choice. And when I finished with that, I took a month to remember who I was. ‘What do I believe? What are my politics? What do I like and dislike? ’ It took me a while, and I was depressed going back into my concerns and my politics. But there was a shift that
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