In the grand scheme of things, I am one lucky cove. So are you. The fact that you are reading this article means you have internet, an expensive and mind-bogglingly complex piece of
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Running used to be excruciating. I would get halfway down the lane by my house… and then have to stop, wheezing and gasping, with burning lungs and aching legs.
Now, I enjoy it,
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Here’s a small piece of advice, which I would like to have learned earlier: save the date.
Put the date in filenames, but don’t stop there! Put it on everything: journal
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Yesterday morning I saw, for the first time[1], a math problem trending on Twitter:
$$8 ÷ 2(2+2) = \color{#990000} \textbf{?}$$
As the co-founder of algebrarules.com, I have received several emails
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I don’t like revising. By the time I’ve finished writing a story or essay, I’ve seen each sentence so often my eyes cross and glaze over when I try to
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Intelligence* — as far as I can tell — is a variable, not a constant. It fluctuates, the same way a healthy person’s heart-rate varies over time. Graph it, and it looks like this:
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Elon Musk is planning to colonize Mars. If he succeeds, it could be one of the most important changes in human history. And, based on the surprising success of his previous ventures — including
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