Read Time: 25 mins Swiping. A word that used to be used to describe a theft (or a sudden and vicious attack), has taken on an entirely new meaning. Swiping left, swiping right. People are now swiping to decide their reproductive future (or not, as the case may be). Recent perspectives on dating apps areContinue reading “Swiped: How stealing ideas made Dating Apps millions”
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Ancient Happiness
Happiness has become the focus for huge swathes of the population, and the quest to find it fuels an industry of gurus and self-help entrepreneurs which has grown by 20% since 2020. Despite its most recent surge in popularity, seeking happiness is not a new endeavour. In fact, some of the most famous thinkers inContinue reading “Ancient Happiness”
Hanlon’s Razor
Read time: 2 mins Prefer Listening? Find the podcast here Everyone has been in a situation where people have made mistakes. Some people have genuinely had people out to get them. Hanlon’s Razor offers a way to be both kinder to ourselves and to others by suggesting that the chance of an action being genuinelyContinue reading “Hanlon’s Razor”
Smarticles Sales Tips #2
Read time: 12 mins In most of our interactions, we are probably trying to persuade someone of something. Sometimes it’s a friendly tiff with our friends, sometimes it’s trying to pry a refund out of customer support, sometimes it’s trying to convince a bouncer that your mate’s fine. Whether we’re hoping to sell a particularContinue reading “Smarticles Sales Tips #2”
Smarticles Sales Tips #1
Read Time: 4 mins In most of our interactions, we are probably trying to persuade someone of something. Sometimes it’s a friendly tiff with our friends, sometimes it’s trying to pry a refund out of customer support, or potentially it’s trying to persuade a bouncer that your mate’s fine. Whether we’re hoping to sell aContinue reading “Smarticles Sales Tips #1”
Make your own Memory Palace
Have you ever noticed that memories are often thought of as physical things that you can lose or find? Sometimes you can’t “place” someone. The name of that thing “escapes” you. Oh wait, you’ve “got” it. There are a number of theories for why this is. The most prominent is the simple fact that memoryContinue reading “Make your own Memory Palace”
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