Author: Daniel Keem
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Most Personal Safety Advice Is Overly Simplistic
Generic safety advice — don’t walk alone, trust your gut — sounds wise but doesn’t match the actual data on where and why violence happens.
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Natural Doesn’t Mean Effective or Safe
The ‘natural equals safe’ assumption underpins much of the wellness industry. Pharmacology and toxicology routinely show otherwise. Effects, not origins, matter.
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Fixer-Uppers Aren’t Always Worth It
Renovating a cheap house to your dreams sounds like savvy real estate. The numbers, timelines, and stress often tell a different story.
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The mortgage interest deduction is welfare for the upper middle class
The mortgage interest deduction overwhelmingly benefits high earners while doing little for homeownership rates. The honest description is upward-redistributive welfare.
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Conflict of Interest Cons: When Your Lawyer Is Secretly Working Both Sides
Documented cases show attorneys representing both spouses, hiding bias in mediation, or cutting deals with opposing counsel. How to spot and stop it.
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Feedback Isn’t Always Helpful
Workplace orthodoxy treats more feedback as always better. The evidence shows poorly delivered or mistimed feedback often hurts performance and motivation.
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Springfield-Style Cashew Chicken: The Missouri Dish That Doesn’t Exist Anywhere Else
David Leong invented Springfield-style cashew chicken in 1963 — deep-fried, gravy-smothered, and weirdly local. Here’s how the dish stayed in southwest Missouri.
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More Ingredients Doesn’t Mean Better Results
Skincare, supplements, and food products use long ingredient lists as marketing. The evidence shows fewer, well-formulated active ingredients usually outperform crowded ones.
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Your house is not an investment, it’s a forced savings account with bad returns
Treating your home as an investment hides poor returns and high costs. The forced-savings framing is more honest and changes how you should buy.
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Interest Rates Matter More Than Price
Buyers obsess over sticker price and ignore the rate. On big purchases over long terms, the rate often determines total cost more than the negotiation.