SimonHanukkah — the most 2020-appropriate holiday despite being the most ancient holiday aroundHanukkah is the most 2020-appropriate holiday one can imagine. If we use today’s terminology, for two millennia, we’ve been celebrating a…4 min read·Dec 26, 2020----
Simon1268–1789–2020: US Electoral practices survived messy situations for almost… eight centuriesJohn Adams, along with the other founders, created the structure and processes of governance that addressed his fear: ‘Democracy… while it…6 min read·Dec 1, 2020----
SimonTo lightheartednessI like to celebrate Thanksgiving because it is a tradition as American as apple pie. I like to hear Americans talking in a foreign land…4 min read·Nov 26, 2020----
SimonBehavioral economics provides insight into how we allowed the media to turn us into Pavlovian DogsIn 2002 Daniel Kahneman received the Nobel Prize for co-founding the field of behavioral economics. Hundreds of experiments confirmed many…4 min read·Nov 22, 2020----
SimonTechnological trends rather than personalities behind the societal divideWe accepted the idea that COVID accelerated many trends. All these trends are like little streams that feed in the undercurrent that fuels…4 min read·Nov 1, 2020----
SimonDialogue is a national treasure: what happened to one nation that thought otherwiseSocialism is a term that relates to a very broad spectrum of ideas, so broad that it is almost meaningless. Swedish Socialists, Russian…4 min read·Oct 17, 2020----
SimonLearning to Survive Until You Succeed (Chapter 3 of my book)The cycles of transformations and innovations have their own laws and optimization tricks5 min read·Aug 22, 2020----
SimonThe Rule Control Love for You IdeasIt is crucial to control ideas that live in our heads and drive us (Chapter 17 of my book).3 min read·Aug 8, 2020----
SimonCrashing bridges: is it us or the new epoch?Gladiators fought each other to entertain the public. People often fight each other to entertain historical processes.1 min read·Jul 27, 2020--1--1
SimonWhy Didn’t He Run Away?What happens if you confuse the right to have your opinion with the freedom to judge?5 min read·Jul 18, 2020----