Jul 05
Rich People Don't Have Better Taste. They Just Trained For It.
Most people assume sophisticated taste is something you're either born with or you're not. Classical music.
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Jun 24
Rich People's Real Hobby Isn't the Yacht. It's Something You Already Have.
Ask someone what rich people do with their free time and you'll get the same answer every time.
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May 26
The AP × Swatch Royal Pop Broke People's Brains. Here's Why That Should Worry You.
What happened · 16 May 2026
Swatch × AP Royal Pop Launch
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19 US stores closed before selling a single watch. Safety
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May 17
The S&P Just Hit 7,500. Here's Why Some People Should Be Worried.
The S&P 500 crossed 7,500 this week. Index funds look great. Financial media is positive. Nobody'
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Mar 16
Gold in Ringgit Just Doubled. Nobody Was Watching.
Gold hit RM636 per gram this month. Two years ago it was RM293. That's a 117% gain. The
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Mar 13
Your Salary Is a Single Point of Failure
Engineers have a term for it. Single point of failure.
It means any part of a system where, if that
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Mar 04
EPF Just Declared 6.15% for 2025. Here Is the Calculation They Did Not Show You.
EPF declared 6.15% for 2025. Here's what the announcement didn't tell you — and what it means for your actual retirement number.
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Mar 01
I Was 15, I Had a Powerbank Empire. Then I Ran Out of Customers.
There's a version of this story where I talk about hustle. A scrappy 15-year-old who spotted
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