Fingers on a Keyboard: A human written blog about blogging before AI.
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Tenure protects bad teachers more than free speech
Tenure was designed to protect academic freedom, but in K-12 and parts of higher education it now mostly insulates underperformers from accountability.
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Why Lifestyle Changes Are Often Ignored in Treatment Plans
Diet, sleep, and exercise treat chronic disease as well as many medications, but reimbursement, training, and time pressures push doctors toward prescriptions.
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Marital property laws punish the spouse who built the business
Divorce courts treat businesses built during a marriage as marital property, often forcing painful payouts that don’t reflect who actually built the value.
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Small Habits Can Make a Big Difference
Tiny daily habits compound in ways that look unimpressive month-to-month and transformative over years. The math favors consistency over intensity.
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Whole life insurance is fraud, and term life is oversold
Whole life insurance is sold as savings but functions as commission. Term life solves a real problem, but most people without dependents don’t need it.
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The Biggest Risk in Investing Is Blind Trust
Investors lose more money to misplaced trust in advisors, gurus, and platforms than to bad markets. Skepticism, not stock-picking, is the real edge.
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The Anatomy of a Viral Conspiracy
Pizzagate spread through specific platform mechanics on Reddit, 4chan, and Twitter. Examining the subreddits, moderation choices, and amplification loops.
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