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The Fun Tragedy

July 15, 2010

A while ago, Duff McDuffee said that to make things interesting nowadays, we resort to “more.” Since stories can’t get better, we have to use more explosions, more 3D. This has become the entertaining strategy of most movies.
Consider sports. Players can’t play that much better than previous players. How do you keep it interesting? You [...]

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The Aussie Adventure

July 3, 2010

Here are the reasons why I moved to Perth. Once my adventure is over, I’ll write again saying whether my predictions were right or not.
(By the way, if you are in Perth, or visit Western Australia often and want to hit me up, please do! You can reach me at carlos@owlsparks.com).
- Cultural [...]

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The Struggle For Objectivity In Global Jante

April 19, 2010

My unrealistically smart friend Anita Lobo pointed me to The Law of Jante:
In the imaginary small town of Jante there is an informal, oppressive law that forbids anyone from standing out from the crowd:
The Law of Jante
1. Thou shalt not believe thou art something.
2. Thou shalt not believe thou art as good as [...]

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Avatar Philosophy

March 2, 2010

I finally watched Avatar, and there are two symbols that are worth pointing out.
1) This one is obvious: The bad white military man that attacks poorer civilizations to steal their resources. Clear criticism towards corporatism and the American government, no further explanation needed.
2) This one is more subtle since it involves the spectator: We are [...]

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Mindset Design

February 26, 2010

Mindset design is the most important personal improvement you can strive for. And it should follow the same rules any other kind of design does.
People constantly say that they “don’t know what they want.” When it comes to work, relationships, even hobbies, people parade their inability to choose as a positive quality. Or at least, [...]

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Word Of Mouth Is Doomed (Told You So)

February 9, 2010

It feels good to be proven right.
A recent study shows that we trust our friends recommendations less and less lately:
In some cases, social networks themselves may be contributing to the decline in trust. Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have allowed people to maintain larger circles of casual associates, which may be diluting the credibility [...]

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5 Jobs We Should All Try

January 25, 2010

Today I guest post at The Optimalists,  a blog run by Gianpaolo Pietri.
You can subscribe to The Optimalists here.
Gianpaolo reached out to me a while ago to write a guest post for him, and because of the topic freedom that he gave me, it was a pleasure to do it. Thank you Gianpaolo.
Do read my [...]

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