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No matter how many people come over for dinner, you’re only going to be able to engage with a few. And no matter how big...

It’s interesting to realize that mirrors weren’t perfected until a few hundred years ago. Human beings spend a lot of time considering our own appearance...

It’s so tempting to simply begin painting a wall. After all, it’s pretty easy to lay down paint. But it turns out that masking and...

A treaty

Successful treaties calm things down and let us get back to what’s really important. Sometimes, the fight becomes the entire point. Not surprisingly, when we’re...

The explosion

We spend much of our worrying time on crises. Our media is filled with warnings, coverage and fear of cataclysms. The big boom, the sudden...

Unfettered

That’s unlikely. You’re rarely going to get the freedom and resources to do your best work unfettered. The hard part (and the opportunity) is to...

Real and apparent risk

Rollcoasters are one of the safest ways to travel (they end up where they begin, but that’s a different story). People pay to ride on...

Design has a language

And it changes over time. You and I know what to do when we see a revolving door, or to speak quietly in a library....

The freedom loop

We spend almost no time teaching toddlers about freedom. Instead, the lessons we teach (and learn) for our entire lives are about responsibility. It’s easy...

The rear view mirror

It’s almost impossible to safely drive a car while only looking in the rear view mirror. Only seeing where you’ve been is a terrible way...