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Recovery from Limerence
I had a brief romantic courtship with someone I thought to be “the One I would very much like to settle with” (“Pearl”), 1 year after moving on from “the One I let go” (“Cadence”). It was barely a year of correspondence and dates, and yet it was such an intense roller coaster ride that…
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Humans are Irrational #1
If the bank offers you a secured amortised loan at 1.7% flat per year for 25 years and the government is giving 4% risk-free return compounded yearly as an investment. Would you take it? You pay about $0.42 in interest per dollar borrowed for the entire 25 years. Whereas after 25 years, every dollar invested…