Tumblr (3.0; @semiambivalent)http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/“The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22998282895http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22998282895Sun, 13 May 2012 23:08:34 +0100daniel websterappearancesreality“A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions as attempts to find out...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22998090114http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22998090114Sun, 13 May 2012 23:05:30 +0100Friedrich Nietzscheexperimentationfailuresuccess“A ship in a harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are for.” -  John A. Sheddhttp://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22997752520http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22997752520Sun, 13 May 2012 23:00:22 +0100john a sheddjohn sheddtravelshipssafety            As I have mentioned before, one of my New Year’s resolutions was to start learning how...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22747745107http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22747745107Thu, 10 May 2012 01:17:12 +0100codingcodelearning to codecodecademyopencoursewaretechnologyappleinformation ageinformation revolutionprogramming““You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22682419363http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22682419363Wed, 09 May 2012 01:02:34 +0100woody allenlifeliving longageing““When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22682327585http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22682327585Wed, 09 May 2012 01:01:22 +0100abe lincolnabraham lincolnreligiongood vs bad“The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or of...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22681909526http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22681909526Wed, 09 May 2012 00:55:54 +0100stephen fryquoteswearing“Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22223653633http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/22223653633Wed, 02 May 2012 00:29:00 +0100of fish trees and lemonsunemploymentemploymentjob searchgraduatesunderemploymentautodidactickhan academycodecademyjobsstartupszuckerbergopencoursewarefacebookmarket for lemonsgeorge akerloff            My New Year’s resolution this year was to do as much as possible of the following...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/21732795138http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/21732795138Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:46:00 +0100the earthgrowththe recessionthe economyeconomicmalthusmalthusianearth is fullpaul gildingoptimismtechnologymoores lawgreen revolutionthe internet3d printing            Those of you that I have pestered enough to read this blog on a regular basis (thanks...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/21236145780http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/21236145780Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:35:48 +0100macedoniaskopjeohridfirstworldproblemsfirst world problemstraveltravel tipstravel advicedrinkingalchoholguide bookcheap beerbanter            Tomorrow, I go to Macedonia for 5 nights. I haven’t packed yet – and nor do I feel like...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/20500842538http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/20500842538Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:26:27 +0100packingtravellingtravelminimalismmacedoniabaggageluggagereading festivalfestivalprocrastinationorganisation                  I work in marketing – when I tell people that I occasionally get this reaction:...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/19924009205http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/19924009205Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:50:00 +0100advertisingmarketingintangible valuetangible valueperceived valuepepsi challengeimperfect informationbrandspambehavioral economicsAll hail the flying spaghetti monster! Worship Him! Obey Him! Be Touched by His Noodley Appendage...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/19517416782http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/19517416782Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:27:00 +0000Flying spaghetti monsterfsmwwfsmdreligionpastafarianismintelligent designrussels teapotscience             How much fun should you allow yourself? It’s a question I often ask myself as I try and...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/19478457039http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/19478457039Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:17:00 +0000work vs playgeneralized anxiety disorderself-controlpsychologywork-life balanceillusion of transparency           The stock market is the pinnacle of our modern market-based economy; the world’s sharpest...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/19199306566http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/19199306566Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:07:00 +0000wall streetfinancestock marketbankersbankinvestingmorals             Just over a week ago 7 of us set sail for Krakow, Poland for what resembled a stag...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/19144905780http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/19144905780Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:36:00 +0000KrakowPolandTravelAuschwitzDrinkingHolidayLadsSprinklerSchindler's FactoryWawel CathedralWawel CastleFranticdragon bonessaltsalt minemad dogclub cienshakers club            “Who or what is Kony?” – the question that approximately 99% of people in the Western...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/18947763569http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/18947763569Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:45:00 +0000invisible childrenJoseph Konykonykony 2012stopkonyUgandawho is kony           Croppertunity - The Chinese word for ‘crisis’ also means ‘opportunity’. The Chinese,...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/18698157432http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/18698157432Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:43:00 +0000Hoperecessionsilver liningzenHousing crisiscreative destruction            Economists are obsessed with the idea of ‘Homo Economicus’: a model of human behaviour...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/18401698171http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/18401698171Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:10:00 +0000EconomicsgreedCapitalismCommunismfairnessChimpscivilization            As my friends know, I almost always have an opinion… though fairly regularly I find...http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/18159776148http://semiambivalent.tumblr.com/post/18159776148Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:01:00 +0000Introductionabout