These are the principles that prepare you to think on your own.
Do you ever feel like someone’s argument is wrong, but you can’t say exactly why? Maybe you don’t know how to formulate counter-arguments. Maybe you can’t tell the difference between a strong argument and a weak argument, or a bad argument and a good argument. But maybe the problem goes even deeper: maybe you’re not …
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My friend has a business that paints house numbers on the sidewalk. When he first started, he tried flyers, cold calling, and selling door to door. Nothing boosted his business. One day he had an idea: a flyer depicting a fireman talking to a woman with the caption, “In case of fire, a legible house …
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My four-year-old daughter sprained her ankle while playing in the school yard. My wife walked over: “Let’s go home and RICE it.” On the way to the car, we bumped into a friend: “You should RICE it.” We parked the car and our neighbor saw us: “RICE is the way to go.” Next day we …
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In January of 2019, an actor, Jussie Smollett called the Chicago police to report that he had been assaulted by two white men in the early morning. Smollett, who is a black gay man, alleged that the men had shouted racial and homosexual slurs at him, had poured a chemical substance on him, and had …
What is a perfect day for you? My wife asked me that question on a wine tasting trip. I thought about it for a second and asked her to answer for me: “What do you think my perfect day is?” She’s known me for over a decade, so I thought it’d be fun to get …