Author: Daniel Keem
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SaaS contract auto-renew clauses should be illegal
Silent auto-renewal clauses in SaaS contracts trap businesses in unwanted spending. The practice survives only because customers rarely fight back.
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Salary Isn’t the Only Measure of Success
Salary is the easiest career metric to brag about, but it’s a poor proxy for actual success. Here’s what a more honest scorecard looks like.
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Why timing matters more than you think
From investing to negotiations to medication, the moment you act often dwarfs the action itself. Here’s how timing quietly shapes outcomes most people miss.
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The Rise of Crinkle-Cuts: Why Trader Joe’s and 365 Are Quietly Beating the Big Brands
Private-label crinkle-cuts from Trader Joe’s and 365 are outperforming Ore-Ida on taste tests and value. Here’s how store brands took over the freezer aisle.
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A woman who sued herself (and technically won)
In 1995, a Pennsylvania widow sued herself in a car accident case. The legal mechanics behind it reveal how insurance and tort law actually work.
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Your car is doing more damage to your retirement than your coffee ever will
Vehicle costs are the largest hidden drag on American household wealth. The truck in the driveway is quietly eating the retirement most people will never have.
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Why set it and forget it can fail you
Automated finances are powerful, but the same defaults that build wealth can quietly drift into outdated allocations, missed rebalancing, and silent fees.
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AI therapy chatbots may already be better than mediocre human therapists
AI chatbots are getting good enough to outperform low-quality human therapy on some measures. That’s a low bar, but the implications are unsettling.
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Generational divides in 9/11 conspiracy belief
Polling data on 9/11 conspiracy beliefs reveals striking generational patterns. The reasons reflect media exposure, trust gaps, and how memory ages.
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Not all loopholes are unfair
The word loophole gets used as an automatic accusation. Some are real abuses, but many are deliberate policy choices working as designed. Telling them apart matters.