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Ep 66: Can you trust strangers?
Listen now (7 min) | Apparently only if you meet them at a conference.
Jun 20, 2021
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David Gaynor
Dreaming about Team
Listen now (7 min) | I want my team to be my product
Jun 11, 2021
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David Gaynor
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December 2020
Ep 65: Good community, bad community
Listen now (9 min) | Communities are great. Usually. A "good" community can help us to transcend our naturally selfish instincts to work together as a…
Dec 14, 2020
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David Gaynor
Ep 64: Being Right To Death
Listen now (6 min) | There are many reasons I read. Sometimes I read for action. I want some new piece of knowledge that will change my behavior in some…
Dec 12, 2020
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David Gaynor
November 2020
Ep 63: Mental Resets as a Service
Listen now (9 min) | I've written a lot in the last year about mental and emotional resets. Long time readers may remember a post discussing sleep as a…
Nov 28, 2020
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David Gaynor
October 2020
Ep 62: Sometimes I forget my Friends are Normal Too
Listen now (4 min) | I have some friends who consistently impress me with their cheerfulness. I'm amazed that they are able to maintain a cheerful…
Oct 26, 2020
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David Gaynor
Ep 61: Developing the Status Economy
Listen now (8 min) | The great crash of 1929 was a disaster. But it wasn't really a humanitarian disaster. It was a status disaster. During the 6 years…
Oct 24, 2020
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David Gaynor
Ep 60: The Benefits of Defeatism
Listen now (8 min) | I’m something of a defeatist. This might seem like a surprising statement. I like solving hard problems. I'll find creative…
Oct 22, 2020
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David Gaynor
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Ep 59: Castle for a Zithern
Listen now (6 min) | If it wasn't obvious from the title, this post is about Chinese names for foreign cities. Recently I was with a friend traveling…
Oct 20, 2020
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David Gaynor
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Ep 58: Control Theory and a Stable Society
Listen now (9 min) | In college, as a "roboticist" I had to study controls. Like, how to control a robotic arm electronically. Controls is an important…
Oct 18, 2020
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David Gaynor
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Ep 57: Digital Nationalism
Listen now (5 min) | Imagine this super sweet product: A subscription service that makes it safer and easier than ever for you and your family to travel…
Oct 16, 2020
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David Gaynor
Ep 56: The Joy of Being Inconsistent 2 (I changed my mind)
Listen now (7 min) | Yesterday I published an essay on how being around other people forces me to tell a story about myself that I don't like. I, as a…
Oct 14, 2020
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David Gaynor
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