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Stumbling in the dark

Learning is complicated. While we’re doing it, it’s easy to imagine that those around us are completely sure of themselves, moving forward in a well-lit...

Out to get you

It’s easy to believe that in some moments, the world is out to get you. This is unlikely. The world hardly knows you exist. There...

Decoding ‘story’

Marketers like to talk about the story we tell. And non-marketers imagine that we’re referring to Goldilocks and other ‘once upon a time’ moments. Because...

“I didn’t get in”

There are two ways to process this: The selection committee saw me, understood me, and then decided to reject me. or The selection committee didn’t...

Who pays?

Supply and demand are always in a dance, with one outpacing the other from time to time. In the last three years, the green tech...

In a We Are All Weird universe, there are two sorts of cultural disappointments. The first has been around since the dawn of cable: We...

Dreams have consequences Hisham Matar Time passes, decisions are made, we face the consequences or enjoy the benefits. A few books for this moment, about...

“If you don’t ask, you don’t get.” That’s problematic advice. Taken to an extreme, it turns us into hustlers. The alternative is to realize that...

But we hesitate to be the connector. Everyone wants to be trusted, but we hesitate to trust. And everyone wants to be respected, but we...

What if your boots don’t have any straps? Bootstrapping is logically impossible. You can’t pick yourself up into the air by lifting on your boots,...