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Back of the Napkin #4: The Perfect Investment
On avoiding talking to anyone
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Brian Shih
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Sebastian Park
The Simmering Six
One weird trick to be super productive: try doing nothing
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Brian Shih
4
August 2023
Back of the Napkin #3: Delusions of Grandeur
On wasting your time trying to make partner
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Brian Shih
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Sebastian Park
Back of the Napkin #2: Selection and Treatment Effects
What we can learn about team building from the NBA and MLB
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Brian Shih
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Sebastian Park
1
Back of the Napkin #1: The Perfect Business
In which we embark on a silly quest
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Brian Shih
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Sebastian Park
3
July 2023
Handcrafted Letters
When AIs do the writing and reading
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Brian Shih
The Dying Art of Bookstore Browsing
Instructions on how to spend three hours standing in a bookstore
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Brian Shih
Being a Tourist
On travel, wanghong, faux-Bavaria, and (hopefully) not being the worst version of myself
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Brian Shih
June 2023
Legibility and Happiness
On the trap of valuing what is easy to measure
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Brian Shih
Changes
Tupac on monetary policy and why you have too much TV to watch
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Brian Shih
Dancing in the Dark
EDC, escapism, and leisure
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Brian Shih
2
May 2023
On The Eve
It's fun when you're the one doing the disrupting
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Brian Shih
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