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Author Archives: Jasper

Protected: Fragile Arguments

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Posted byJasperJuly 25, 2020July 26, 2020Posted inpolitics, societyTags:race

Protected: The Greatest Country?

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Posted byJasperJuly 4, 2020July 12, 2020Posted inpoliticsTags:america, patriotism

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits is another one of those self-help books, but one I rather appreciated due to having specific, actionable ways to improve one’s life rather than just descriptions of behavior. His model for habits is essentially four steps: cue, craving, response, and reward.

Posted byJasperJune 6, 2020Posted inbook review, lifeTags:habitsLeave a comment on Atomic Habits

The Black Swan

“The payoff of a human venture is, in general, inversely proportional to what it is expected to be.” Nassim Taleb is one of the most interesting and unique modern philosophers. I learned A LOT from this book. If I could lodge a complaint, it is that he is not very good at making concepts easilyContinue reading “The Black Swan”

Posted byJasperMay 26, 2020December 22, 2020Posted inbook reviewLeave a comment on The Black Swan

the boys i mean are not refined, by e.e. cummings

I first heard this poem on The Portal with Eric Weinstein, where his son shared this poem as being a paradigm shifter for him on the topic of poetry. I agreed. Especially the finally stanza. It’s crude and animalistic. The best word I can use to describe it is raw.

Posted byJasperMay 13, 2020June 6, 2020Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on the boys i mean are not refined, by e.e. cummings

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