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The Contrarian’s Guide to Getting Your First Job Out of College

There is a little known secret for college students looking for a leg up on the job market. It is called the “independent study.” While a…

4 min readAug 1, 2017

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The Contrarian’s Guide to Getting Your First Job Out of College

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How to Throw an Intellectual Salon

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing — Gertrude Stein

4 min readAug 1, 2017

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Self Organization, UBI, and Eliminating the Fixed Pie

“We look up at the same stars and see such different things.” — George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

6 min readDec 12, 2016

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Self Organization, UBI, and Eliminating the Fixed Pie

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Escaping The Average — The 4 Ways Self Managers Are More Creative Than Everyone Else

Be creative.

6 min readOct 4, 2016

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Escaping The Average — The 4 Ways Self Managers Are More Creative Than Everyone Else

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“What Do You Do?” (Our Obsession With Titles)

“And what do you do?” How many times have you asked or answered this, the MVP of all questions? Buried in this seemingly innocuous inquiry…

7 min readJun 8, 2016

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“What Do You Do?” (Our Obsession With Titles)

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I’m Not Impressed With Your Busy-ness

Somewhere along the way people started confusing busy-ness with importance. They equated a full calendar with achievement. A thousand…

6 min readJun 2, 2016

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I’m Not Impressed With Your Busy-ness

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You Find What You Look For

“She adored being hard up.” — Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

6 min readMay 23, 2016

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You Find What You Look For

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Stop Asking Permission

I hate rules. The thing I hate most about them is the assumption that, “if there is a rule, it must be for a good reason.” This assumption…

5 min readMay 19, 2016

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Stop Asking Permission

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Synchronicity (Or Why I Believe in Magic)

In 2010 I started to believe in magic. Not the rabbit-in-a-hat tricks people think of when they hear the word, but the real…

7 min readMay 9, 2016

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Synchronicity (Or Why I Believe in Magic)

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5 Life Lessons Everyone Should Learn

“I am quite conscious that my speculations run quite beyond the bounds of true science.” — Darwin

5 min readApr 26, 2016

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5 Life Lessons Everyone Should Learn

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Burn the Ladder

Ikigai, Self-Management, Future of Work, Learning, System Disruption, Incentive Competitions, and Other Contrarianisms by Kacy Qua. www.burntheladder.com

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