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Commencement Address, American University in Beirut, 2016

Full speech here: Commencement Address, American University in Beirut, 2016 Greed and fear are teachers. I was like people with addictions who have a below average intelligence but were capable of the most ingenious tricks to procure their drugs. When there was risk on the line, suddenly a second brain in me manifested itself and […]

Stop teaching success as a competitive idea.

A trivial and potent heuristic to figure out success…

A trivial and potent heuristic to figure out success: a) you are absolutely successful if and only if you don’t envy anyone; b) quite successful if those you envy you don’t know in person; c) miserably unsuccessful if those you envy you encounter or think about daily. Absolute success is mostly found among ascetic persons. […]

What we commonly call “success”…

What we commonly call “success” rewards, status, recognition, some new metric is a consolation prize for those both unhappy and not good at what they do. via What we commonly… | Facebook.