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(Friday Filosophy 2/17/23)

Happy Freakin’ Friday!

Welcome to this Pulitzer Prize-winning (not) edition of Friday Filosophy – the weekly postcard where I challenge you with a question, idea, ...

It’s no sin to be born poor.  However, it’s certainly a sin to stay poor.  This isn’t said to be smug or judgmental, but to reflect one of the most insidious aspects of both poverty and povert...

Primitive civilizations thought the sun deserted them every night, and the moon disappeared every morning.  It never occurred to them that the planet they were on was orbiting the sun and turning aw...

In every era of history (arguably each generation), humankind has thought of itself as at a historic turning point.  Since we have evolved steadily over the centuries, in some sense this belief ...

How You Build Wealth, Part 3 of 2 🤣

You didn’t really think I was going to be content with publishing part one and part two in the How You Build Wealth series, and not dig into the 800-p...

Someone you know is a professional victim.  (Hopefully it’s not you.)  Maybe you know a few.  Professional victims have drama and trauma “happen” to them constantly.  The hu...

You’re probably proud of what you’ve accomplished in life.  I am too.  I worked hard for what I’ve got and still work my ass off every day.  I don’t live in entitlement but try...

The moment that Lancy licked my face – my world was changed forever... 

Lancy is a puppy, and that moment took place in an airline lounge in San Francisco.  If that doesn’t really se...