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I also highly recommend a good financial planner. Not only can they help you with the complicated financial stuff (all the work you might typically expect from a financial planner)…

I would question your assumption there; plenty of Somali diaspora move back and live in Somalia or Somaliland.

Fair, but I would argue that the Somaliland government is about as existent as the one Somalia also technically has. It exists, but doesn't do anything. But please correct me if yo…

Or the even better example of Somaliland, which is perfectly safe. I lived and worked there for a few months last summer, and loved it.

I've been working on learning spanish for a while and this looks super helpful - thanks for creating and sharing it! It would also be sweet if you could add an example of the verb …

There's causality in both directions, which is not in dispute when saying that these issues are tied to education.

But it isn't just the 20 minutes, it's the transaction costs of transportation and interrupting your day. What if you choose to travel from a couple hours away, or even very far aw…

1. 'Kids considered to be “gifted” suffer from ability grouping the most because they develop the ultimate fixed mindset. They become terrified that if they struggle they’ll no lon…

Interested in hearing about projects that have been accomplished or examples of cool things they've done.

You could argue that these are not actually fungible products, that when buying from the independent store you are also paying for a public good - the existence of independent stor…

Interestingly, the University of Virginia recently required all of its students to complete a sexual assault awareness module lasting many hours. (This module had both educational …