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On Discipline
So I have been thinking a lot about discipline. Not in the sense of punishment. Punishment is about an authoritative person or structure enforcing submission of someone who…
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Awesome at Humility
Here is the thing about humility: it is not the same thing as self-deprecation. People (in my part of the world) often seem to think humility is about…
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Keep Your Shitty First Draft to Yourself
Thoughtful text that is concise and accessible is a mark of persistence. No worthwhile creation is born fully-fledged. Complex physical movements are always performed clumsily before they become…
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Shortened Circuits and Slow-Germinating Seeds
I took my first chemistry course as a junior in high school (Grade 11). I think that was pretty common in the U.S. for most people in my…
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We Don’t Know Most Things
The title of this post is a phrase I have heard both brothers Green (Hank and John – or, as John probably prefers, John and Hank) say more…
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Please Stop Saying “Built Off”
It bugs me. I know it is nit-picky and pedantic, but it has become one of my pet peeves – because it is an absurd way to use…
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