Imagine that you are selling something that you simply cannot sell or produce in large volumes. This something becomes a golden opportunity for you, as you don’t even reach the level where economies of scale become noticeable. What should you do in such cases? Produce something else that doesn’t contradict Continue Reading
Amway.
A friend of mine has a buddy who’s really into Amway and constantly bugs her about it. But they have a close relationship; she likes him and puts up with him. One day, he calls her and says, “My wife is away, my son is at camp, I’m home alone—come Continue Reading
The Power of Meetings
Imagine a nuclear power plant. You need to determine how to distribute the fuel load in the reactor. Where to place which fuel with what enrichment, where to transfer partially burned assemblies, where to position fresh ones, and so on. There is a standard regulation that outlines the principles for Continue Reading
Gender-age
I’m taking the elevator down on Saturday morning. The elevator arrives, and two girls tumble out. That’s right. Just calling them “girls” doesn’t quite capture it. They’re dressed festively, but a bit disheveled. Their dresses aren’t evening wear, but more like weekend outfits. I became curious about whom they had Continue Reading
Crows
He had a pet crow. She lived a long time, and they loved each other. She didn’t live in a cage; she could fly in all four directions, but she always returned home. She often brought something shiny into the house—a coin, a piece of glass, a bit of foil… Continue Reading
The cart is before the horse.
Look at how the social character is changing. According to theory, laws are written norms of law that, in turn, have emerged from customs. Laws that lack a foundation in customs are worthless, and their sole purpose is always the same—exploitation and enslavement. They are enforced only because the monopolistic Continue Reading
What sets us apart from monkeys?
There has been a wave of publications in boarding schools regarding research by ethologists on teaching primates to use money. Monkeys quickly grasp the abstract concept of money and are willing to work, provide services—including intimate ones—for money, and even fight with their peers or work tirelessly for it. It Continue Reading
Rationalization of faith
What if the people who believe in God understand, on a rational level, that they are talking about imaginary friends? And they suppress this realization. With aggression towards those around them, aggression towards non-believers, aggression towards people of other faiths. After all, a believer is under significant pressure, one could Continue Reading
Where is the justice?
Emotionally indiscriminate people often perceive feelings of envy as a sense of injustice. For them, it seems “fair” to commit wrongful acts simply because someone else got away with it at some point. For example, one might feel justified in stealing because “If others can do it, why can’t I?” Continue Reading
Causes and consequences
Our perspective on the flow of time often hinders us from understanding that causal relationships are merely an illusion of perception. Many things become easier to grasp if we suddenly imagine that the cause is in the future and the effects are in the present. For example, Michael Jackson. Having Continue Reading