How I Overcame Information Overload to Thrive on Less
The story of how I overcame information overload, a.k.a diabetes of the mind, with a simple antidote, WWIDDBOTI?
Independent Thinking
How to Stop Lying to Yourself and Making Excuses
Lying to yourself and making excuses turns you into an easily-offended, deluded drain on society. Here’s how to stop.
How Self-Justification Messes With Your Reality
Self-justification is your over-protective mother of an ego coddling your feeble, fragile identity. Here’s how it works, with examples.
We Need More Demotivational Speakers in Our Lives
You (and everyone) need more demotivational speakers and less B.S. positive affirmation and participation trophies. Start here.
The Step-by-Step Approach to Actually Change Someone’s Mind
How to actually change someone’s mind using proven psychological and negotiation techniques (and patience).
You’re Bad at Arguing Because You Debate Like a Neanderthal
The trick to knowing how to win and argument is to be aware of our neanderthal-ian instincts and then do the opposite.
Don’t Believe Everything You Read on the Internet (Here’s How)
How to hone your BS detector so you don’t believe everything you read on the internet, just as you learned not to take candy from strangers.
Quit the News? 15 Thought Experiments That May Change Your Mind
Try these 15 thought experiments to decide for yourself whether you should quit the news, consume less of it, or start following it more.