Misandry and The Bee

I generally try not to write about current events, but I’m on a plane and this is my damn blog so you get what you get. Also, I think this is important: stick with me all the way to the end.

The importance of being shameless

When I was in high school, my brother’s irresistibly charming girlfriend was in charge of drumming up support for the blood drive, one element of which was convincing me to wear a costume that was supposed to make me look like a blood drop.

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The Satisficing Sartorialist

I spend less than two minutes choosing what to wear every morning. And I spend less on clothes in a year than most people in my income bracket do in a quarter. And I do it all by satisficing.

How F2P PVP gaming broke the grind

Yes, this is another one of those posts about the problems of gamification. Because I like games that grind. Give me eight hours of strategic, deliberate decision making and I’m there. For this, I blame my mother, who restricted how much time we could play video games…

Of apes and angels

I’m not generally a “fan” kinda guy. But I’ll admit that Terry Pratchett is kind of a badass. His prose has that dry humor that actually works really well in light fantasy books and it isn’t often you find somebody who can make you laugh out loud while reading. And in addition to being funny…

Risk your job daily

I admit it: I don’t actually mean the title of this article literally. Risks are great but only when built on a foundation of knowing what the heck you are doing. Yet big bets when the moment is right are not only the only way to beat the house, they’re also critical to human happiness and…

The Potential For Divesting In Startups

Earlier this year, we discovered that Tinder is/was seemingly run by terrible men. Ditto Snapchat. And it prompted a conversation with a friend about moral hazards, modern tech investing, and the increasing problem that the current investment environment is…