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soft skills enforcer

https://en.socratic.dev

“We must do what they fear—tell the truth, spread the truth,” Navalny wrote. “This is the most powerful weapon.”
Curiosity Will Get Us Out of Trouble

Curiosity will get us out of trouble. No need to insist or speak louder. But being curious is difficult: we must let others speak, encourage…

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In my latest blog post, I share the verbatim transcript of Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney 's Davos 2026 speech, where he warns of a world order rupture and quotes Thucydides: "the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must."

Unfolding this reference Carney kept folded, it echoes Athens' brutal invasion of Melos—executing men and enslaving women and children—raising parallels to potential US violence against weaker nations.

https://en.socratic.dev/mark-carney-davos-2026-speech-the-power-of-the-less-powerful-begins-with-honesty-full-transcript/

Mark Carney Davos 2026 Speech: The Power of the Less Powerful Begins with Honesty (Full Transcript)

Im gonna start in french and then I'll switch back to english. Merci Larry. C'est un plaisir, c'est un devoir d'être parmi vous en ce point…

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Fiction 2025 — Stories That Let Your Eyes Rest from Netflix

Diving into fiction nourishes the heart and mind while giving your screen-tired eyes a break. For three of the writers here, I experienced…

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Nonfiction 2025 — 3 Eye-Opening Books: Nazi Mercenaries, Neurology, and Modern China

In 2025 I read a handful of smart, wide-ranging non-fiction books on history and modern medicine. Poking outside your day job — into history…

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Endurance is a gripping, real-life lesson in resilience and leadership. Happy New Year — I'm starting a "2025 readings" series, and this is the first pick.

https://en.socratic.dev/alfred-lansing-endurance-shackletons-incredible-voyage-1959/

Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, 1959

My favorite read of 2025. Between mid-September and mid-October I devoured the 400 pages of this remarkable account, mostly during a few…

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Remember when "Let me Google that for you" taught us search etiquette? @herzog says we need a new lesson for the AI era: stop citing LLMs like they're experts.

https://en.socratic.dev/stop-outsourcing-your-intelligence-to-an-llm/

stop outsourcing your intelligence to an llm

That's the message Leo Herzog wants to get across. He's an IT specialist working at a college in Michigan, and his little website gives us…

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🌊 Why does coding feel magical on localhost but painful in production?

The software dev cycle is like ocean tides—recognizing which phase you're in changes everything.

High tide = new projects ✨ Low tide = dependency hell 😅

https://en.socratic.dev/the-ebb-and-flow-of-tech/

The Ebb and Flow of Tech

Comparing the software development lifecycle (SDLC) with the tidal cycle illuminates an obscure aspect of the profession. If you live far…

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