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Va’etchanan
A teaching on parashat Va’etchanan. Continue reading
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Graduation Speech: The Value of Theory
A speech defending the learning of theory. Continue reading
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How To Play Pokemon Go
Pokemon Go is happening. A powerful brand, the right technology, and a team with expertise have all come together in a magical moment. Let’s review the game and how it might best be played. The goal of Pokemon is to… Continue reading
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Balanced and Imbalanced Culture
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Some of you may remember the “GamerGate” scandal of summer 2014: a female game designer was revealed to… Continue reading
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Thoughts on Personality Types
Ask yourself: do you believe that people come in types? Or do you believe that every person is fundamentally, non-trivially unique? Imagine yourself at a party. You see people standing in circles, engaged in conversation. Others are moving through the… Continue reading
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Photography!
Whew. Work and school and the non-profit are demanding. Where can there be respite? Photography. But photography is easy. Anyone can do it, now. Without without standards, without challenge, there’s no purpose (in my opinion). Photography with some feedback, now… Continue reading
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This Week in Links: On Hiaitus
Hey everyone, After a bit of reflection I’ve decided to put the “This Week in Links” feature on pause for a while. It was starting to appear that a weekly feature of this sort would quickly crowd out all the… Continue reading
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This Week in Links: September 15th – 21st
And, here we are. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/black-budget/ A beautiful interactive Washington Post feature explaining the USA’s secretive “Black Budget” for military intelligence programs. Part of the Snowden revelations, this information is worth skimming over. http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/09/economist-explains-itself-3 A blog post on “The Economist” explaining… Continue reading
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