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Finding Your Idea's Core Will Improve your Thinking
Getting to the point your idea is really trying to make doesn't just make your ideas stickier. It also makes your writing and thinking clearer.
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Christopher Gerlacher
Three Ways to Catch Your Own Wrong Beliefs
Thinking well goes beyond deep investigative work and reflection. Here are three ways to catch your own incorrect beliefs.
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Christopher Gerlacher
Two Futures for Blockchain Technology
The best case scenario is that blockchain gives us creative ways to sell spare data storage. The worst case is those potential liberations are taken…
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Christopher Gerlacher
Great Journalism is also Great Thinking
Few people are drawn to journalism as a calling, but understanding how great writing is done can help you find better news sources and appreciate more…
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Christopher Gerlacher
Three Lessons to Avoid Being Unreasonable
History has much to teach us, including how to see the present more clearly. Here are three ways to think better from history's great strategists.
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Christopher Gerlacher
This Seemingly Boring Issue Could Transform Government
Few people have come across Schedule C employees in their newsfeeds, but the sheer number of them is an unsolved problem with serious consequences.
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Christopher Gerlacher
Three Tips for Better Thinking from Albert Camus
Albert Camus defines a few seemingly simple terms that redefine the way anyone should look at the world.
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Christopher Gerlacher
Free Premium Post: Most Social Movements Get This Wrong
Many social movements can bring activists together to demand change, but the successful ones have a policy layer in addition to its activists.
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Christopher Gerlacher
How to Spot the Next Asset Bubble Before it Pops
Asset bubbles can be tricky to spot unless you know which details to watch for. Here's what inflates bubbles and how to tell they're inflated.
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Christopher Gerlacher
World Memory Champions Hone This Trick to Supercharge Memory
It's one thing to describe mind palaces, but it's another to build them. Here are some practical tips for building great mind palaces.
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Christopher Gerlacher
How To See Through Fraudsters
Not everyone can run a controlled experiment to bust a fraudster. Instead, there are a few ways that anyone can see through a con out in the wild.
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Christopher Gerlacher
How to Use Backchannels to Create Change
Everyone who's been in an office knows there are a few people who are more influential than others. Here's how to identify and use them to create…
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Christopher Gerlacher
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