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Is the pain really worth the social fame and infamy?

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I read every day from one fiction book, one non-fiction book, one self-help book, and one book about games. I love games.

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We live in an education system that looks less on those who do not follow the typical academic route.

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Whatever moment we are in is just that — a moment. Good or bad, it will not last forever; neither is it indicative of our ability to be happy (or not) in the future.

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An artist’s work is personal. It has to be pulled from the deepest valleys of our hearts, through our bones, muscles, and flesh and depicted on a canvas or through a simple movement or even just with one word.

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Truth be told, my mind doesn’t function like your mind does. I’m an average, not a genius. You’re at the top of the stairs and I’m still at the bottom. You have reached the top of Mount Olympus and I’m still gathering up the strength to climb.

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Tubing is a lot like your first job with one crucial difference: in tubing, your dad is there to rope in your half-naked body. Let me explain.

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Stanford professor Sean F. Reardon found that since the 1960s, the difference in exam scores between rich and poor students has grown by 40%. As far as college completion rates, the difference between rich and poor students has grown by 50% over the last 30 years.

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I joined MENSA the other day, mainly because I was running out of ways to be an asshole.

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As a society, we love the idea of genius. How else do we reward these creative persons, tastemakers of our generation?