Archive - Curiosity > Certainty

Would you rather be disciplined or devoted?

Why do we value one at the cost of the other?

5 hrs ago •

#150 - When working for free makes sense

Why working for free during an internship makes sense

Apr 22 •

#149 - Games people play—the anatomy of social interactions

The Drama Triangle and our roles in it

Apr 19 •

#148 - Head without heart is a logic bully

Win hearts, then heads is unusual but good advice

Apr 12 •

#147 - How to run multiple projects in parallel

Shepard tone - employing a musical device to be more productive and happy

Apr 5 •

March 2024

#146 - Why is the quest for mastery so embarrassing?

The human cost of pursuing mastery: The hard apprenticeships of Robert Caro and Leonardo da Vinci

Mar 29 •

#145 - Why AI may not leave us jobless

The concept of comparative advantage and the future of human work

Mar 22 •

#144 - How did they achieve so much?

And why did they?

Mar 15 •

#143 - Strategies to be insatiably curious

Part 2 of 2 on what it means to spend a life wandering

Mar 8 •

#142 - Specialization is for insects

Part 1 of 2 on what it means to spend a life wandering

Mar 1 •

February 2024

#141 - The inefficiency is the point

On friction and intentionality

Feb 23 •

#140 - Be the only, not the best—the overlooked lesson in building a career

I’m sitting at my desk in Mr. Ambrose’s class and I’m annoyed. I have before me a blank page I have to fill up. It’s only halfway through grade nine…

Feb 16 •

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