Benjamin Keep

Benjamin Keep

Dec
05

My new learning community

Hi everyone, It's been a while, so I wanted to give an update. My learning community is live,
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Feb
22

The Fastest Retraction Ever

On December 26, 2023, someone posted a message on Reddit saying that one in five husbands leave their wives if
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Feb
08

The Seeds of Change

Crop rotation – the practice of leaving some portion of fields fallow during a given season – developed early in the history
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Feb
01

The Reading Crisis

About 48 million adults in the United States struggle to read. And it's estimated that more than half
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Jan
25

Absolutist Thinking

There's a Twitter grab that I couldn't find that goes something like this: A: I really
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Dec
21

Faster Than the Speed of Thought

A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the
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Dec
14

I'm Suspicious of Stories

One of the first rules of science communication is that you need "to tell a story". Stories are
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Nov
30

Have recipes changed?

Like so many observations about life, I'm not sure if things have changed or if I'm
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Nov
23

When plans are overrated

The Magic streamer Kenji "Numot the Nummy" Egashira does something unusual. He doesn't make guides to
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Nov
16

The Ranking Trope

I’ve always admired my son’s Bartebly-like resistance to one of the most common questions that adults ask children:
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