by John Macdonald | Dec 2, 2022 | The250
Think about a moment, whether at work or home, when the chaos was invigorating. The chaos gave you energy, sharpened your senses, and made you happy. You may have even said to yourself, “This is what its all about. I need more of this chaos in my life.”... by John Macdonald | Dec 1, 2022 | The250
I was probably a little unfair with my previous take on SBF and effective altruism. I said, “Effective altruists believe that making and then using gobs of money to influence the world is a noble goal as long as you’re very, very smart. ”... by John Macdonald | Nov 30, 2022 | The250
Even if you don’t know anything about crypto, you’ve probably heard of Sam Bankman-Fried and the meltdown of his crypto exchange FTX. You have plenty of opportunities to spend your outrage budget on what happened, crypto, greed, politics,... by John Macdonald | Nov 29, 2022 | The250
Have you seen the Progressive “what really happened?” replay commercials? Brilliant 30-second storytelling, and equally good at unveiling our lack of factual recall. How many times would you have loved to throw the challenge flag in the middle of an... by John Macdonald | Nov 28, 2022 | The250
Kanye West is just the latest in a long line. Before him came Kenneth Halliwell, Paul Gauguin, and Picasso. How about Louis CK, Dave Chappelle, and Bill Cosby? And depending upon your political lean, you might even raise an... by John Macdonald | Nov 27, 2022 | The250
You have 86400 seconds each day. Today. Tomorrow. The day after that. You are free to decide how you’ll spend your emotions during those seconds. No tribe can tell you how to spend your emotions. But they sure will try. You are a free and sentient human being....