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We think of cults as the product of dangerously charismatic leaders but on examination this narrative falls apart. Really, the most successful prophets are not a person, but the followers, who use the leader as an emblem.

Successful Prophets

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I’m starting to suspect that something is missing from our narratives surrounding the influence of cult leaders. We see destructive cults as the product of the tragic influence of one dangerously charismatic leader. But on closer inspection, this doesn’t really seem to be true. Cult leaders are often pretty weird. What gives?
We think of cults as the product of dangerously charismatic leaders but on examination this narrative falls apart. Really, the most successful prophets are not a person, but the followers, who use the leader as an emblem.
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Folie à deux is a striking phenomenon, but poorly understood. It seems to me that it might be just one misleading face of social isolation.

Folie à deux: the madness of two

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Folie à deux, or the ‘madness of two’, is the kind of psychological phenomenon that occasionally captures the imagination of the media. Two people, otherwise normal, suddenly go insane. It’s a premise that we can ghoulishly enjoy from afar because it seems like it could never happen to us. But I’m not so sure. From intra-family murder to Theranos to our own odder moments, I think shared madness is something that is much more common than you’d think.
Folie à deux is a striking phenomenon, but poorly understood. It seems to me that it might be just one misleading face of social isolation.
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What use is the cloud

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Using the cloud and a couple of harddrives to sort our files out.
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Creating a digital home for our digital selves

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Our digital lives are as much an entity as our physical lives. Maybe moreso—many of us spend more time online than off. Yet we take very little care of our digital selves. We’re going to fix that. Simply. Because it causes us more stress than it needs to.
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Incidental Talent

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A project on motivation, goals, habits and the elusive talent.
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