Hi everyone, TGIF, right? How’s your week been? Feeling tired? Like you’ve not got enough done? As I mentioned last time, I’m doing daily writing in January so have mostly been quiet here, but there’s a conversation I keep having … Read more
Poll: Why are people leaving their jobs? 118 points by MobileVet 54 minutes ago | hide | past | favorite | 141 comments There has been quite a lot of press about the ‘great resignation,’ with employees leaving jobs in droves. … Read more
[Ed. note: While we take some time to rest up over the holidays and prepare for next year, we are re-publishing our top ten posts for the year. Please enjoy our favorite work this year and we’ll see you in … Read more
Or half-myths; but those can be more dangerous than outright falsehoods. Languages are learned in school People can learn languages in school… but most of the time they don’t. To see this, simply look at American foreign language instruction. … Read more
Internet uptake has accelerated during the pandemic The Internet has long been a source of countless opportunities for personal fulfilment, professional development and value creation. With the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become a vital necessity for working, learning, accessing basic … Read more
I know you’re probably distracted by the fact that it says, in bold, uppercase letters: “Innovation at it’s finest,” rather than the grammatically correct “its,” but I want you to look at the piece of text that reads: “14 people … Read more
Following his triumph over the Persians and their subjects at the Battle of Issus in 333 BC, Alexander the Great advanced south into Lebanon. The Phoenician city-states knelt to him, with the exception of Tyre. Blessed with two harbors and … Read more
Significance In the current digital age, people are constantly connected to online information. The present research provides evidence that on-demand access to external information, enabled by the internet and search engines like Google, blurs the boundaries between internal and external … Read more
The Q Clearance is the enigmatically-named security clearance created to allow access Restricted Data, the legal category for nuclear secrets in the United States (after which my book is named). It is issued by the the US Department of Energy, … Read more
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