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Have you taken your mini-retirement yet? — My spouse teaches a class of students with autism in Toronto. Though she hates having an empty calendar, she appreciates the two months of downtime she earns every summer. She uses it to recharge, explore interests, go to the beach, sleep in. She loves to sleep in. I work in…

Is game theory the solution to climate change? — Have you ever been passed over for a promotion only to watch the office kiss-ass as get it instead? Playing games can help you get ahead in the world. To play any game, you first need to know what game you are playing. One game constantly at play around us…

21 life lessons from books I read in 2021 — I barely read as a child. My older brother was the ferocious reader in the family. It’s odd because school turned out to be the opposite for us. I loved it and he hated it. He eventually succeeded in getting me into reading and as I read more, I started…

Don’t believe everything you hear about the stock market — Many people on the popular gambling, I mean investing, subreddit r/wallstreebets are posting about easy mode investing being turned off. The truth is, it has been switched on — not financial advice. I’ve learned a lot about money since I started collecting it as a kid. I saw how easy…

Not for most of us, but there is something more important than worrying about your carbon footprint. — What if you weren’t forced to burn fossil fuels at every turn? You haven’t been really given a choice until now. You, the 1 in 7.9 billion, haven’t had much say in how products are made, energy is created, or how businesses operate. It’s all just went on around you…

It’s time to stand up to Goliath. — There have always been alternatives to burning fossil fuels. Electric cars were invented around the same time as their gas-powered foe. Public transport once was a mainstay on American streets with streetcars transporting people efficiently through cities. …

Let’s ditch the old way of doing things and invest our resources in things that matter — You know the feeling of expecting to have to do an annoying task only to find out someone has done it for you? Maybe your spouse did the laundry you were expecting to have to do over the weekend and now you have fresh mountain breeze smelling sheets. Or how…

Car ownership is so 2010's — Mobility is at a crossroads. On the one hand, it’s a service provided by the government. A service we all pay for through taxes and fares. On the other hand, it’s dominated by car manufacturers. Businesses that, you could argue, benefit from inefficient ridership also known as single-occupancy trips. …

3 ways being more environmentally friendly can help you increase your wealth. — Many people got rich by burning fossil fuels. Others got rich while creating obscene amounts of waste. Those people are becoming fewer. That’s because the next generation of wealthy people will be environmentalists — we are already seeing this reality. …