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  • Steve Cortis
    13 July 2017

    Competition

     The subject matter of the book is competition. Yet what struck me most is the idea of competition between fellow drivers. Adam Parr asks the question blatantly; Let’s just have a quick digression on psychological warfare between fellow drivers. How …
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  • Steve Cortis
    11 June 2018

    Primary vs Secondary needs

     Needs can be categorised in two groups. The first group of needs such as eating, sleeping, drinking and so on which are indispensable. When any of these needs are missing for too long an intense sense of striving kicks in …
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  • Steve Cortis
    11 June 2018

    Programs for the poor

     Throughout the years many programs for the poor (PFTP) got executed. The track record for these programs is underwhelming. PFTP’s are usually inefficient and create an extra layer of bureaucracy. PFTP’s also creates an incentive to beat the system. For …
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  • Steve Cortis
    09 June 2018

    Travelling alone

     Where once we travelled to work with buses, trams and trains, now, we partly as a result of massive state investment in roads coupled with the declining availability of public transport, many have little choice but to travel by car. …
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  • Steve Cortis
    09 June 2018

    Slow is good

     Slowness has a bad name. Fast is cool, Fast is better, we reward speed. If you search for synonyms of slowness you’ll find weakness, sluggishness and apathy among other results. What if slowness, a minute of extra thought can save …
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  • Steve Cortis
    11 June 2018

    Static vs Dynamic adaption

     It seems useful to differentiate between “static” and “dynamic” adaption. By static adaption we mean such an adaption to patterns as leaves the whole character structure unchanged and implies only the adaption of a new habit. An example of this …
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  • Steve Cortis
    09 June 2018

    Self Reflection

     Niki made a new observation on self reflection, it focuses on things you hate. Things that you drag your feet to do, things that make procrastination such a popular subject. We have to accept that some tasks aren’t our cup …
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  • Steve Cortis
    11 June 2018

    ‘Freedom from’ concept

     Human existence and freedom are from the beginning inseparable. Freedom is here used not in its positive sense of ‘freedom to’ but in its negative sense of ‘freedom from’, namely the freedom from instinctual determination of his actions. At that …
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