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The Overrated Culture of Rating and Perfection

After the killings that were happening in Gaza, my family started boycotting several famous American fast-food chains, including McDonald’s. Ordering fast food usually comes with excitement, especially for the kids if you’re used to the daily homemade cooking. Boycotting products, chains, and companies that directly support Israel or companies that are iconic for countries that […]

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The Road Less Travelled: Navigating the Optimization Balance in Daily Life

Optimization is the pursuit of perfection—and we optimize for our goals because we don’t want to settle. However, is it better to go all the way? How much optimizing is too much? We live in a fast-moving world that emphasizes maximizing benefits and optimizing experience and production processes. We hate slack, and we seek to minimize costs […]

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AI’s Shortfall: Understanding the Sacred Transactions of Humanity

Can the AI understand that some things cannot be bought or sold? If you want something done, you give someone cash to do it. That’s really how it goes almost everywhere. As they say, it’s just the price is right. That is simply a secular transaction. In a secular transaction, both parties regard the transaction […]

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Kairos and Chronos: The Uniquely Human Trait

Harnessing the power of Chronos and Kairos, understanding their distinct differences, and purposefully incorporating them into our lives gives us a robust cognitive framework to experience life more fully.

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Human-Centered vs. God-Centered Worldview in decision-making

A worldview is an overarching framework for decision-making. It is a set of ideas, beliefs, and values that inform and guide our choices. It can be a religious framework, an ethical system, a political ideology, or a personal philosophy. What shapes our worldview? Our worldview is unique to each of us and constantly refined and […]