Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Teamwork Dominates Because It's Elusive
You know what’s a great competitive edge? Teamwork. In sports, we always acknowledge pure athletic skill, and without a doubt, you need skill in order to dominate. But beyond skill, when skill itself is spread evenly across a certain number of teams, it’s teamwork that sets the good from the great. The ability to really […]
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The "Me Too!" Way
If I were to attempt to pull out certain bits of wisdom about market positioning, one bit would be about success through differentiation. “Me too!” is a normal human trait; in fact that’s one of the drivers of market success… but from a customer perspective. One guy buys it, and then everyone else says “me […]
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The Entrance & The Exit
As my grandfather prepares to leave this world and my daughter prepares to enter it, I’ve been thinking a lot about these two bookends of life. The entrance and the exit. Many lives are cut down mid-stride, and that kind of exit I’m not prepared to think about. But the gradual, end-of-life exit that the […]
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The Body Will Never Agree To Die
It’s a biological imperative to continue to live, to desire to live. At the most root level, the purpose of life IS, simply, to live. Our bodies are created with the core purpose of: “stay alive, avoid death.” And for this reason, the end of life is so mind bending. Because suddenly, for someone like […]
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New Uses For The iPad
I’ve been thinking about various uses for the iPad. At first, it was just a ‘bigger iPhone’ but quickly people found that the personal iPad serves different purposes than an iPhone. And I’ve enjoyed using friends’ iPads in certain situations where I didn’t have my laptop and didn’t feel like doing a group browse on […]
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There is no "past"
I overheard two 60+ men the other day commiserating over “all that new fangled technology”, specifically on how it’s completely ruined communication with “people just spending all day staring at that boob tube”. Aside from the question of whether ‘boob tube’ can still refer to a television, I had a thought while I passer-by’d that […]
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Creation As The Meaning Of Life
What is this life? What is this creation? What’s the nature of this universe, of this planet, of this city, of this building? Where does this all come from, where does it go? Oh, and WHY? Why is anything here? What is the purpose of life? Is there any real reason for this? I recently […]
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Fighting To Keep You Here
They say the value of someone’s life can be measured by how many people attend his or her funeral. But while the number of attendees at a funeral can range fairly high, how about measuring the number of people who will stand at a person’s side as he nears his final days? What I’m saying […]
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Two Souls, Two Destinations
Seriously, what happens after this life? Where do we go? Where do we come from? My grandfather will be leaving soon, and my daughter will be arriving soon. This weekend I wondered to myself, if he leaves before she arrives, is there any chance of his soul entering her body… … and then I realized […]
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