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Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

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Current car inventory: 1978 Pontiac Grand Prix - Sold 1982 Toyota BJ40 Landcruiser - In restoration 2000 Subaru 2.5RS (GC8) - In restoration 2001 Acura Integra Type R - In storage 2003 Subaru WRX Spec R1 - Sold 2004 Subaru Forester XS - Sold Past…

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Shibboleth

The concept of Shibboleth, which refers to the use of language, accent, or behaviour to identify in groups, has remained constant throughout human history. Still, the definition of what constitutes an in-group has changed over time. It is the responsibility of…

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Electric Vehicles

As people seek environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional vehicles. EVs offer several advantages, including reduced emissions at the driver level compared to internal combustion engines, as they do not release harmful pollutants into the air…

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Abilene Paradox- Political Affiliation and Critical Thinking

Who to vote for? What are you voting for? Etc. etc. News and media, especially non-experts on social media will sell a message to their audience with nuggets of information that will be a part of your heuristic. What do I mean by this? If you read a tweet, or…

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Ask AI and it will answer...

What I found using Open AI platform, to answer a series of 21 questions. What I found using Open AI platform, to answer a series of 21 questions. This is a fascinating tool. Whether one likes the output or not, it makes for some interesting reading. More so…

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Abilene Paradox

Russia-Ukraine and the Abilene Paradox. The Abilene paradox is one where in a group, people will not voice their private opinion if it goes against the “grain” of the rest of the room, even though collectively many of the individuals may disagree. For example…

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Aglets are like telomeres

We are the smartest we have ever been. We are the furthest generation in the future. There has never been more information before this point. The current time will never come back; it is the furthest forward it will ever be. What does this mean? Officially- We…

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