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Education, Politics, Austrian Economics, Libertarianism, Objectivism

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• A reply on Talk: Leslie Morgan Steiner: Why domestic violence victims don't leave

  Jan 25 2013: I was quite moved by this talk, so as of now the Russian translation is awaiting review :)
  Cheers.
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  A comment on Talk: Leslie Morgan Steiner: Why domestic violence victims don't leave

  Jan 25 2013: Check out "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin de Becker, it has several chapters dedicated to recognizing early warning signals of an abuser (to complement those, outlined in this talk).
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  A reply on Talk: Jessi Arrington: Wearing nothing new

  Jun 6 2011: Not sure why you get so worked up about it... It was a talk by a woman, who has an interesting view on choosing her wardrobe. Then a man walks in, accuses her of being childish, and says something along the lines of "If a man wears bright colours - people will think he's gay". Which is a pretty silly statement to make. Some gay men wear bright colours. Not all bright-colour wearing men are gay... Besides, people will have their opinion of others regardless of those others being comfortable with this opinion.
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  A comment on Talk: Damon Horowitz calls for a "moral operating system"

  Jun 6 2011: If you're interested in a more in-depth discussion - I suggest you watch Sandel's Justice. http://www.justiceharvard.org/

• A reply on Talk: Jessi Arrington: Wearing nothing new

  Jun 5 2011: Projecting much?
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  A comment on Talk: Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral

  May 18 2011: The "last slide" just blew me away...

• A comment on Talk: Rogier van der Heide: Why light needs darkness

  Mar 17 2011: So hard to see the stars in a city these days... However, it's such a beautiful sight... Why does stargazing have to turn into something fairly expensive, causing you to get far away into the wilderness to experience it properly? It shouldn't be like this...
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  A comment on Talk: Janna Levin: The sound the universe makes

  Mar 16 2011: How very poetic and romantic. With small nuggets of horror of imagining Earth falling into a black hole and being crushed to death.
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  A comment on Talk: Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative consumption

  Dec 20 2010: As folks at Pirate bay say - "Sharing is caring" :)

• A comment on Talk: Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work

  Nov 26 2010: So true... My work schedule is quite bizarre for North America, I think. I get to the office around noon. Most of the people leave the office at 3:30. So that gives me some time to talk to people if they have to, and then I work for good 4-5 hours in peace in quite all by myself in the office. Most productive time of the day...
  
  Now I also started working more from home. Tracking hours is bit trickier because of all the "voluntary distractions", but some time ago I didn't think working from home was at all possible for me. I get distracted too easily. But once I get in the "flow" the distractions disappear on their own. If I'm distracted from work - it's probably a good chance that I'm not in the flow anymore and my productivity is crappy anyway...