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Books
How to navigate the hidden economics of waiting in line
In this excerpt from "Lucky By Design," Judd Kessler explains how opportunity costs shape our choices and why time is the real price we pay.
Judd Kessler
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Business
Investing in the next generation of AI
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
A person demonstrating leadership in the 2020s by holding a compass in front of a picture of a compass.
Business
4 key principles for business leadership in the fledgling 2020s
What worked before won’t necessarily work this time — and the best leaders will adapt.
Emil Michael
Starts With A Bang
The world is wasting our irreplaceable helium, and nobody cares
It’s not too late to change course, but we’re headed in the wrong direction faster than ever now. “Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,For strip-mined mountain’s majesty above the asphalt […]
Ethan Siegel
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