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The Hedonic Spectrum, Better Defining Hedonism

The Hedonic Spectrum, Better Defining Hedonism

Though I have not produced much over the past few weeks, this time was far from unproductive. In fact, these times often yield many great…
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History of Time Part 5: UTC, The Last Iteration

History of Time Part 5: UTC, The Last Iteration

The fifth and final edition of the History of Time series begins a mere decade after the International Meridian Conference. Little did they…
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History of Time Part 4: Standardizing Global Time

History of Time Part 4: Standardizing Global Time

In contrast to the History of Time Series’ first four parts, this installment will only cover 200 years. We begin in the year 1676 with the…
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History of Time Part 3: The Mechanical Clock

History of Time Part 3: The Mechanical Clock

In past pieces we’ve demonstrated the iterative nature of human evolution; the notion it is not our ideas which constrain our advancement…
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History of Time Part 2: The Base for Timekeeping

History of Time Part 2: The Base for Timekeeping

We left off last week’s piece at five million, or 0.005 billion years ago when the first human ancestors appeared. Then, we did…
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The History of Time Part 1: Deep Time

The History of Time Part 1: Deep Time

A common “ism” I’ve adopted in my adulthood is “at the highest level”; and by adulthood, I mean when I took my first consulting job. The…
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Prelude: The Process of Time Perception

Prelude: The Process of Time Perception

Time perception is possibly the most important function our brain performs. It’s an action which without, society would not function with…
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Why I’m Writing a Novel, and Why You Should Too

Why I’m Writing a Novel, and Why You Should Too

For those of you who follow me on Instagram or LinkedIn, you probably know I’m writing a novel to be completed by my 30th Birthday in…
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Anti-Idols: Separating the Artist from the Art

Anti-Idols: Separating the Artist from the Art

A few weeks ago, I concluded the piece The Iterative Nature of Human Evolution by stating humans are terrible at predicting the future but…
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Polymath Profile #2: John Von Neumann

Polymath Profile #2: John Von Neumann

When it launched in 1942, the Manhattan Project became the epicenter for some of history’s greatest minds — Albert Einstein, Richard…
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