Let’s try a little experiment. Think about a rainy day. Just a plain, ordinary, grey-sky, water-falling-from-the-heavens kind of day. What’s the first feeling that comes to mind? For one person, a rainy day is a disaster. It’s cancelled plans, gloomy skies, and a general sense of blah. It’s something to be endured. For another person, […]
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You’ve had this moment. It’s 2 AM. You’re staring at the ceiling, or you’re in the shower, or you’re stuck in traffic. And then, BAM. A lightning bolt hits your brain. An idea, so brilliant, so elegant, so perfectly original, lands fully-formed in your mind. It could be a genius business concept, a profound philosophical
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UncategorizedThere’s a question that lurks in the self-help aisle of the cultural consciousness. It’s a piece of pop-philosophy so common it’s become a cliché. We tend to dismiss it because it feels too dramatic, too simple, too… much. You know the one: “What would you do if you had only one year left to live?”
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UncategorizedWe use genres to sort movies. You know if you’re in the mood for a comedy, a thriller, or one of those documentaries about a guy who befriends an octopus. It’s a neat, tidy way to categorize stories. The other day, I was at a party, and it hit me. It wasn’t just that people
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UncategorizedKessler Syndrome, named after NASA scientist Donald Kessler, is a theoretical scenario that describes a cascading chain reaction of collisions in space, primarily in low Earth orbit (LEO). Proposed in 1978, this phenomenon occurs when the density of objects in orbit becomes so high that collisions between these objects generate additional debris. Each collision can
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UncategorizedThe Pareto Principle, commonly known as the 80/20 rule, is a powerful concept that suggests that for many phenomena, approximately 80% of effects come from 20% of the causes. This principle is named after Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist who first observed this phenomenon in the late 19th century. His observations have since been applied
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