Aspire for the heights but prepare for the depths. Always do due diligence. Respect your colleagues. Have the discipline to limit work hours. On wealth: Do not give it all away, share some every day. …
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The World’s Greatest Job Perks
As the era of human physical labor winds to a close, some of us (who haven’t already been replaced by algorithms or mechanical arms) can take comfort in the cushy work environments and delightful extras …
Continue readingTrees Falling in the Forest Make Sound
The tree we first watch collapsing to the floor of its ever-dwindling forest is well-miked, so we’re sure to hear the sound it makes when it falls. But first we hear the panting lumberjack approach …
Continue readingThe Problem with Shangri-La
Try to picture “Shangri-La” and your mind might conjure up an Orientalist fantasy, a syncretic world, folding all the cultural distinctions that characterize diverse nations into a single category. In the Shangri-La, a Hawaii-based center …
Continue readingVast, Beautiful, & Wild
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, encompassing China and India, the world’s two largest countries population-wise. Well over 4 billion of the world’s 7 billion people[1] live in Asia and most of …
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