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My Top 4 Weird Interests This Year (And What They Made Me Realize)
“Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!” -Mandy Hale To be weird is to be free. The enemy of every weird little seedling of an interest in the following question: “What’s the point?” Don’t get me wrong- “points”, “reasons”, and “objectives” are one of the handiest tools of progress, but to let
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4 Weird Materials That Will Save The Planet
“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success.” – Nikola Tesla Materials shape the world. All around us are items made of different materials with different life cycles. No matter what
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Cold Email To Make Nerdy Friends And Meet New Mentors
“Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.”-Samuel Johnson The Secret Weapon No One Knows They Have. Some schools of eschatological thought believe Hell is just an endless line of desks with people going through an endless email inbox– scrolling through spam, newsletters, ads, job adverts, events, and work
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How To Not Hate LinkedIn (And Start Building *Real* Connections)
“I want to be a superhero, I want to be Spider-Man or Batman. Will you let me know if you have any connections? Let’s make it happen.” -Stephan James LinkedIn is not the problem. LinkedIn is not the problem; you are. Now, before you un-connect with me, hear me out. So many of us are
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How Butterfly Wings Inspired New Tech
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” -Maya Angelou Butterfly wings are inspiring new technology. When you picture the first whispers of spring, and the vivid colors of flowers and butterflies in your garden, perhaps your mind doesn’t first go to
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The Ultimate Not To Do List To Reclaim Your Dreams
“Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.” -Adam Hochschild The Start Of My (Not) To Do List. 6 months ago, I quit Instagram. Why? I had been saying I wanted to read more for a long time, and the excuse was always the same: “I don’t have enough time.” So I crunched
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4 Tech Inventions That Prove Magic Happens When Fields Collide
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead Tech jobs are for everyone. We often think of tech in terms of software engineers and data analysts. But maybe there is more to the picture than we realize. Ever since
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How To Test Ideas In The Real World
“There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes.” -R. Buckminster Fuller Thinking isn’t testing. When I was little, I used to think the way to tell if you really knew something was by sitting down with a test and then reflecting on your score. If you could memorize every
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A “What If” Exercise That Will Change How You Think
“Mama always said you could tell an awful lot about a person by the kind of shoes they wear.” ― Forrest Gump A “What If” Exercise What if running didn’t leave a trail of microplastics behind? Let me elaborate. I have a love-hate relationship with running. We go way back, and the relationship is pretty
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How To *Actually* Rethink Circular Design
“Make it simple, but significant.” — Don Draper. Design From A Thought Experiment. One of the books I enjoyed recently- Cradle To Cradle- got me thinking a lot about circular design. Not only have I experienced the slight despair about the short life span of most products and packaging, but I’ve also experienced a surge
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Secrets To Designing Your Dream Job (For Indecisive People)
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” —Alice Walker The Jobs You’re Supposed To Want. Were you one of those kids who fumbled around cluelessly, not knowing how to answer when adults asked what sort of job you wanted as a “grown-up”? Did you love science
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Books That Changed My Life In The Past 6 Months
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” – Lemony Snicket How To Get Addicted Reading Books Since January, I have embarked on the goal of reading 500 hours worth of books in 2025. After studying some of the alleged daily habits of men like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, and Oprah Winfrey,