Unlike the Lord of the Flies, a real life story about six shipwrecked boys who ended up on a deserted island in Tonga for 15 months showed cooperation and loyalty rather than murder and mayhem.

Markets exhibit the Pareto principle in that most of the advantages accrue to a small number of players—mostly number one.

A study of 10,000 workers at an Asian IT company found that when comparing before the pandamic and during (the work from home period), the number of hours worked increased by 30% (including 18% increase outside of normal working hours, but the average output remained the same.

Getting logging to work using FastAPI in a production ECS environment is a mess of configuration and awkward interfaces.

Zero Trust refers to securing at the device level rather than at the network level.

At the end of the week I reflect on what went well, what’s not working, and what I learned.

The Münchhausen trilemma occurs when attempting to prove anything to be true.

When asking for an introduction, make at is easy as possible for the person making the introduction.

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Resilient systems that can absorb shocks (short peaks of rapid change) have multiple layers that move at different speeds.

During the rapid expansion westward in America between 1790 and 1830, the average adult drank more than nine gallons of spirits per year.

Most early founder-led sales will come from the founder’s personal network.

A study published in Nature found that intermittent fasting improved long-term memory, neurogenesis, and longevity (increased expression of Klotho) in mice.

A poll done by Morning Consult on behalf of Bloomberg News in May 2021 showed that 39% of U.

Fields that exhibit tournaments with asymmetric and convex payouts favor high-variance strategies (variance from the benchmark mean).

Many companies are moving to a hybrid remote setup when it’s safe for employees to return to offices.

According to a recent survey by WayUp that measured how job seekers felt in the current COVID-19 job climate, Black and Hispanic/Latino job seekers were 145% more likely to be concerned about being capable of doing a job remotely compared to White job seekers.

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A 2019 Pew Research survey found that Black and Hispanic people have less access to broadband internet than White people (66% 61% vs 79% respectively).

As a general rule of thumb, according to this article in the NY Times, when working in another country you should stay less than 6 months to avoid having to file a tax return in both countries.

There are misconceptions that companies allowing remote work means you can work move around and work from anywhere.

Mindfulness helps decrease the feeling of being self-conscious. This makes sense because the practice reveals the illusory self and how everything arises in consciousness.

Why Is Everything Liberal argues that corporations are left-leaning even though half of people vote conservative because liberals care more.

According to a recent study, people over the age of 80 that were given the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 12 weeks after the first dose ended up with over three times as many antibodies after the second dose.