Taoism is an ancient East Asian philosophy that emphasizes living with the natural order of the universe. It is the road, or path, that cannot be grasped as a concept. It must be experienced intuitively as we live our daily lives. Taoism’s primary body of work is the Tao Te…

Our tendency to perceive other people’s behavior as a reflection of their personality, rather than attribute those behaviors to situational or environmental conditions, is known as the Fundamental Attribution Error. For example, the man who cut us off in traffic did so because he is rude, not because he may…

Looking to spot trends? Try reading the physical newspaper again. There’s a certain serendipity to reading the physical newspaper; your eyes flow differently. You’re seeing how the news was meant to be laid out, and you’ll often notice something you had no intention of reading. According to Spencer Jakab in…

At first it’s a trickle, then a deluge. After being valued at over $5B last year, the Crypto financial services firm BlockFI is reportedly in the process of closing a down round valuing it at just $1B. This may be a signal the carnage that’s hit public tech is finally…

The idea is simple, most people believe you get what you deserve. What comes around, goes around. Karma will settle the score eventually. This naïve view of the world was coined the “Just World Hypothesis” by psychologist Alan Lerner circa 1980. The ‘just world’ cognitive bias enables believers to adapt…

Social Leverage portfolio company (Fund III) Staytuned has completed the acquisition of Moonship, a Shopify app that creates AI-based personalized discounts. Details: Moonship was founded in November of 2020 to help Shopify merchants convert reluctant buyers browsing their online stores. The purpose-built app will help Staytuned customers profitably and effortlessly…