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“Just about everybody” I know is not flying on a plane this summer, and to assume otherwise might be an indication of the bubble you live inside.

By Matthew Dicks | June 3, 2016 | Comments Off on “Just about everybody” I know is not flying on a plane this summer, and to assume otherwise might be an indication of the bubble you live inside.

I like the Freakonomics podcast quite a bit, and if I could choose a new friend, I think I’d take Steve Levitt, an economist and co-author of the Freakonomics books who loves golf and McDonald’s and seems to share my disposition. Every time I hear him speak, I think that we would be fast friends. …

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I’m not spiteful. I’m “aggressively moralistic.”

By Matthew Dicks | May 12, 2013 | Comments Off on I’m not spiteful. I’m “aggressively moralistic.”

For a long time, I have claimed that spite is one of the best reasons to do anything. I’ve cited examples in which authors and scientists have used spite to motivate them to great achievements.  I’ve written about how spite is one of my 5 primary motivating factors in life.  I’ve argued that spite is…

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