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The Modern Homestead
Navigating the coming famine through Managerial Realism. We are standing on the threshold of a quiet, inevitable shift. For decades, our culture operated under a grand, seductive promise: that tomorrow would always be cheaper, easier, faster, and more comfortable than… Continue reading
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Reacting To Processes
Long ago, when I was just a wee one, my parents divorced. Overall, I consider their divorce a good thing, but I cannot deny the impact it had on me and my siblings. In purely typical fashion, we reacted like… Continue reading
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Linear Programming A Better World
Every morning I go to a coffee shop, sit with a cup of coffee, and write out my thoughts to get my head in order for the day. Anyone who is compelled to write knows that there are a million… Continue reading
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A Conflict Of Motivations
Nothing begins with knowledge and reason. Experience is the foundation of understanding, not knowledge. Both of my parents grew up poor, in what were called cold-water flats. Thus, a large part of their primary motivation in life had always been… Continue reading
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An Entrenched Delusion
Our true selves could solve our problems much better than our fantasy selves. Apparently, I live in the state that is the basketball capital of the world. There is a sign on the highway, so it must be true. Nonetheless,… Continue reading
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Creating Conflict
My parents divorced when I was just a tot. Like most entering marriage, they were very immature. From my perspective, what caused the failure was that they both valued the image of what marriage should look like, rather than the… Continue reading
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