The Difference Between Being Non-Racist and Anti-Racist
“You going to bed with a clear conscience is not going to stop college kids from getting assaulted. You thinking climate change is terrible is not going to stop...
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How to Challenge Your Own Ideas of Failure
“When you make a mistake you have two choices. One is you can accept that the final product is gonna be flawed, and maybe no one will ever see it but you will a...
How Facebook Is Killing Comedy
“We’re used to a world where if you put something out there that’s good, people see it and share it. But that’s just not true in this world. Someone can make so...
What Teenagers Are Learning from Online Porn
“‘There’s nowhere else to learn about sex,’ the suburban boy told me. ‘And porn stars know what they are doing.’ His words reflect a paradox about sex and porno...
Your Systems Are More Important Than Your Goals
“Goals are good for planning your progress and systems are good for actually making progress.”
Nine Life Lessons from Tim Minchin
“Be aware the next worthy pursuit will probably appear in your periphery, which is why you should be careful of long-term dreams. If you focus too far in front ...
14 Reasons You’re Tired All the Time
“A cluttered desk mentally exhausts you by restricting your ability to focus and limits your brain’s ability to process information.”
We Need More Dialogue and Less Debate
“Dialogue reveals assumptions for reevaluation. Debate defends assumptions as truth.”
The Story of Rodney Dangerfield
“Imagine having no talent. Imagine being no good at all at something and doing it anyway. Then, after nine years, failing at it and giving it up in disgust and ...
What We Should Have Learned in School but Never Did
“We’re moving towards a portfolio model of careers, a world in which kids growing up today will probably have five jobs at the same time. But the current model ...