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The pixel count of paintings, the steps of seduction, and how to get what you want

Entering Vienna, the $12 sandwich, and a dungeon in Helsinki

The work of nephews, loving the bad, and objective cruelty

An ironclad logical case

Reasons to work at Burger King, what it means to be Viennese, and the safety of transactional Value

Treasures east of the iron curtain, the erotic qualities of specialty tea, and an evening with Misses Ayadi

Archimedes of Syracuse, the division of Labor, and Roman habits

Viennes distractions, intimate encounters, and how to win against Versaille

Puffing at altitude, the irreversibility of standards, and the need for garbage collection

Shopping in the eastern block, abandoned carts, a bread line in an urban mall, and the lies we tell ourselves to feel better...

The teachings of Ceaușescu, honest conversations, education reform, and why universities are a communist idea

Directions to Zara, Oliver Twist, the generational fault line, and the morphing of normal

A cure for cancer, professional exhibitionism, moronification through standardization, plowing fields, and societal coercion

The atomic weight of gold, daily cappuccinos, the meaning of better, and the nasty things on my mind

The lazy, the coward, the unimaginative, the thoughtless, and Jerôme Barthélémy

Reasons to go to Jakarta, ghost designers, fentanyl, professionalism, and the relationship between art and craft

The works of Satan, the weather in Edinburgh, aggregation fallacies, and why AI is a Zebra

Asymetries of the job market, competence, the IQ chasm, the role of the human being, and why AI is a zebra

Choice and dignity, self-respect and egotism, why I don't stand in line in restaurants, and why I go to Scotland instead.

Bricklaying managers, UX engineers, kindergarten officers, why they don't exist, and where to find the best Biryani