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The Last Job AI Can’t Take
A few decades ago, the world sped up and we were happy to run. The dot-com years pulled us online, and it felt like progress — faster work, faster money, faster everything. We didn’t mind. We chose it. But the speed never settled. It only compounded. Now AI is accelerating life faster than we can… Read more
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The Stories We Live By
It matters what story you tell yourself. That story eventually becomes a fundamental truth—a philosophy for your life. It gives you a reason, and maybe even a meaning, to live. I call it a story because no one truly knows the truth. Philosophers, scientists, religious thinkers, and rulers have spent centuries trying to understand reality.… Read more
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Finding Mojo back
More than a decade ago, I read a book called Mojo. The book was about finding your mojo back—finding your inspiration, energy, or perhaps even yourself again. At the time, I did not understand the premise. How could someone lose their mojo in the first place? I felt completely connected to who I was. The… Read more
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Hope Is Underrated
We hit the gym because we hope to feel better. We brush our teeth because we hope to smell better. We take a bath because we hope to feel fresh. These don’t feel like hope because they almost always work. But they are still hope—just backed by strong evidence. When hope repeats enough times, we… Read more
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Seattle to vegas roadtrip
We completed our third major road trip in the United States. Roughly 2,600 miles, 6 states, temperatures ranging from 40°F to 110°F, and our longest single-day drive touching nearly 850 miles. It was a combination of mountain towns, isolated highways, state parks, deserts, and cities — though the center of the trip was clearly Las… Read more
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A Fake Image Doesn’t Last Forever
Stalin’s Famine (1932–1933): Under Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union forced farmers into collective farms and seized grain to fund industrial growth, but the policy backfired as agricultural output fell and millions were left without food. Instead of acknowledging failure, the state continued taking grain—even exporting it—while suppressing reports of famine and restricting movement so starving… Read more
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