An Amazing Mind

You might have noticed I missed a week’s worth of posts recently. I was at a summer camp for esperanto learners in Slovakia. It was absolutely awesome, and I simply had no time to write blog posts.
And yet I almost didn’t go there, because I had a lot of doubts - it was so far [...]

In recent years, there’s been a trend called radical honesty. It was founded by a guy who got tired of lying. He decided to stop. COMPLETELY. And instead he started telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. He wasn’t afraid to bare the most intimate details of his life.
He got quite [...]

Every day, as I look at all our awesome inventions, I say to myself “Neat.” But every now and then, “neat” just isn’t enough. It’s more like “Holy flying cow that’s frickin’ awesome! And the principles behind it are soooooo simple!”
Which is what this article is about. 10 inventions that are based on amazingly simple [...]

It was a warm summer day. A dozen strangers have met in a small conference room. They all came because they wanted one thing: To learn public speaking.
The instructor came in. He introduced himself. Then he called in two past participants from his course, who spoke easily and confidently, without written notes. The new learners [...]

Recently, I explained how you can ask the right questions to achieve more in life. Today, I’ll show you how the same principles apply more broadly.
When you ask yourself a question, (“How can I most easily…?”) you hand your subconscious mind a request, and it returns whatever matches that request. And it will filter through [...]

Recently, I wrote Fish, Don’t Hunt, where I argued you should set things up so that results come to you, then you can lean back and focus on other stuff. Today, I’m going to argue pretty much the opposite point. I’ll show you why you need to get out there and make things happen. I [...]

Ever heard of the prisonner’s dilemma? (If you have, you can skip to the subheading “Merchant’s dilemma”)
This is the situation: You and an accomplice have been captured by the police for a robbery. The two of you are separated, and you have to decide if you should co-operate with the police.
If neither of you two [...]