Daily Archives: August 17, 2025

Ira Israel: Could Enlightenment Mean Accepting Our Own Insignificance?

I’ve spent my life chasing distinction instead of connection. When I change this habit and spend more energy on connection instead of attention, I not only increase my happiness, I also become more effective. We can’t always win in the … Continue reading

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The Prestige Economy

The more prestigious your job (such as an Ivy League professor or network news anchor), the more vulnerable you are to cancellation for crime think. The professor and the elite journalist primarily work in a prestige economy while the businessman … Continue reading

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The Engineered Chinese State Vs Lawyerly America

The Financial Times writes: “China is run as an engineering state that excels at construction while the US has become a lawyerly society that favours obstruction. By 2020 all nine members of the Chinese Politburo’s standing committee had trained as … Continue reading

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