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A shift in culture that allows you to bring your children to work would be and would be absolutely sensible for white collar and several blue collar jobs. Young children (under thr…

To the extent that was generally true... * most mothers were still with their infants and very young children. The babies weren't being taken care at a daycare where you can have o…

* Influence by Cialdini - great overview of the psychology of human motivation and influence. You'll get the inside dirt on a lot of sales and marketing tricks. * Seeing like a Sta…

" My one big mistake in life has been providing a trust fund for my five children. I’m very comfortable paying for an education for as long as they want to study in a reputable uni…

The real problem is poverty and more generally extreme inequality. I don't understand how people can make statements with this when it is so at odds with the facts. The homicide ra…

Two of my favorite books growing up were The Real Diary of a Real Boy and The Great Brain . Both are accounts of a young boy growing up in 19th century, small town America. The Rea…

It is infinitely better to have a product, customers, and technical debt, than to have no product or no customers and no technical debt. Personally, I focus on avoiding technical d…

" Imagine a city where police commit blatant traffic violations and never ticket one another. The authorities could decrease power inequalities by developing an online system in wh…