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The Artist's Way would strongly disagree.

Blech. Nothing here that's obscure or likely to alter the path of some one's knowledge. No philosophy, no history, and the list includes Gladwell. Actually, the inclusion of Gladwe…

I recently bought some dry cat food from Amazon. One of my cats immediately got a massive skin infection that cost >$400 to cure. I can't prove it was from that but this is an indo…

Unrelated, but you're the first person I've ever heard who had optical migraines, which I have too. I experience them as shooting lights followed by essentially a shut down in visi…

The manager's schedule is built around Taylorism and the idea that if she (the manager) just figures out the exact mechanistic steps for squeezing all the productivity out of the w…

Just in time for re:Invent! Thanks. :-)

TD Ameritrade just started doing it. https://www.tdameritrade.com/why-td-ameritrade/free-stock-tr...

Canola is super cheap which is one way they can keep prices low. Most seed oils in the Western diet come from fast food and the fryer which increases the chance of lipid oxidation.…

I guess we'll never learn from things like margarine and other lab invented foods. Beyond Meat is heavily dependent on seed oils which are terrible for us (expeller pressed canola …

+1 for this book as a starting point for removing yourself from the tyranny of your emotions.

What they learned is that solving problems with debt is bad. So they try to not have debt by saving a lot. The fact they do it with the same fiat currency system is another matter.…

If only we had a clue where it came from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_the_Weimar_R...

I'm 46 with a 3 year old I spend a lot of time with (21-24 hours a week). I love that time but it's a little depressing to only have 5 years of free time left. Pretty eye opening t…

I'm using ProtonMail because I'm trying to de-Google-Amazon-Facebook my life somewhat as another user mentions. I'm tired of being the product and am willing to pay for certain thi…

This idea ignores the levels at which we are manipulated on today's social media platforms. The manipulation is so inherent in the platform that we don't even realize it's happenin…

I'm reading Gerald Weinberg's general systems book and it talks about second order thinking. Also, thinking in systems by Meadows is a great primer

Louis Brandeis had similar beliefs. Leisure was important for workers and his battles against the monopolies of the day were often focused on this belief. Though his focus was on s…

I think this is important. The OP seems to think that management is totally open to just being fair and inclusive with individual employees but that the situation becomes too polar…

Everyone has done "successful" rewrites. But a rewrite that takes 2 years and requires a team much larger than the original team isn't successful in the eyes of most stakeholders a…

Big Oil was broken up by anti trust legislation. It's possible this comes back around. Currently reading a biography on Brandeis who was one of the titans of anti-trust in the 30s …

WFC had net income of $5.9 billion in Q1 2018. A $1B fine is a joke that is being played on the rest of us.