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🤯Unknown Unknowns #134 - Acquired Taste
I know we’re all tired of hearing about AI, but I was thinking about AI and taste.
Nov 18, 2024
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Chris Wong
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #133 - I Saw The Sign
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has been one of my favorite books since I was a kid. It combines amusing wordplay and narrative with interesting…
Jun 25, 2024
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Chris Wong
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #132 - Gold Medal
A couple of weeks ago I competed in my first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) tournament.
Jun 11, 2024
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Chris Wong
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #131 - Total Eclipse of the Heart
The difference between a partial eclipse and a total eclipse is literally night and day. You don’t even notice a partial eclipse unless you wear the…
Apr 12, 2024
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Chris Wong
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #130 - Generalists and Specialists
“Battier’s game is a weird combination of obvious weaknesses and nearly invisible strengths.
Apr 2, 2024
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Chris Wong
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #129 - Thinking About Sports
This was the headline of ESPN a few days ago. The Yankees best pitcher, Gerrit Cole, had an MRI recently that was inconclusive but the prognosis was…
Mar 25, 2024
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Chris Wong
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #128 - There's No Need to Explain Your Joy
The specter of loss always lingers. In the last couple of months, my family had a loss and my friend’s mother passed. I spent the last two weeks in Utah…
Mar 13, 2024
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Chris Wong
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #127 - Updating the Matrix
Khe Hy left his finance job around eight years ago and he writes about discovering and examining our lives. I’ve been following him for years now and…
Feb 9, 2024
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Chris Wong
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #126 - Developing Taste vs Learning
A reader asked me what the difference is between developing taste and learning. Developing taste is a meta-level above learning. It’s figuring out what…
Jan 31, 2024
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Chris Wong
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #125 - Taste Setting
I’ve talked about finding taste, refining taste, and expressing taste. I had the opportunity to express my taste in a new way in December.
Jan 23, 2024
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Chris Wong
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #124 - Pride
“I'm proud of you.”
Jan 16, 2024
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Chris Wong
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #123 - Frustration
I spend decades catering to other people's tastes - parents, teachers, bosses.
Jan 9, 2024
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Chris Wong
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