26
Feb
I Prefer Blondes
How do you know you chose what you chose?
Petter Johansson showed subjects two photographs and asked which face they
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25
Feb
Four Floors of Pipe
Donella Meadows turned the hot faucet in an old London hotel. The water heater sat in the basement, four floors
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24
Feb
The Numbers Were Enough
In 1986, the US government required factories to report their toxic emissions publicly.
No new regulations. No fines. No mandated
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23
Feb
Dirty Dishes, Clean Excuses
Someone criticized you today. Before they finished the sentence, you had a rebuttal.
Not because you weighed their argument. Because
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20
Feb
The Taste Premium
AI can build your deck in 10 minutes. You already know this doesn't feel like an advantage.
Because
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19
Feb
Agreement Theater
Every executive in your AI strategy meeting is nodding. None of them are talking about the same thing.
One means
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18
Feb
Unlearn First
Sarah Winchester started building in 1886. She didn't stop for 36 years.
Each room made sense when the
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17
Feb
Work Slop
In 1636, Dutch traders invented something elegant. Instead of buying tulip bulbs, you could buy windhandel.
Wind trade.
A formal,
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16
Feb
The Pipe Reveal
You don't need to pick the winning AI model. The real shift already happened underneath.
Microsoft invested $13
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13
Feb
The Exit Option
The American homebuilding industry has a business model. Buy land. Sit on it. Pray the market holds. When it doesn&
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