opportunity

1. 16 January 2024

   “Equality”

   I've noticed that when people talk about economic or social equality, they're often talking past each other — usually because they're referring to different types of equality. I've become increasingly…

2. 11 June 2017

   How to be lucky

   We can organise our lives to make good luck more likely and bad luck less costly. Invert the standard risk-management moves — eliminate, reduce, transfer, retain — and you get a framework for opportun…

3. 25 May 2017

   Of time, trains, and opportunity

   You can't force opportunities. But you can be ready for when one arrives. Leaving the house a minute late doesn't just cost you a minute if you miss the train — it costs you 30 minutes, or the whole d…