Category: Others
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The Pervasive Nature of Infidelity
Ever heard someone claim, “What happens at home stays at home” or insist, “He’d never cheat on me, I’m special!”? Let’s cut through the wishful thinking. Recent research reveals a hard truth: infidelity isn’t just a private slip-up, it’s a flashing neon sign pointing to deeper character flaws that seep into every corner of life,…
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Sell recommendation: Theranos, Frank, Enron, and Cheaters
I’m a bit of a nerd when it comes to business news. When I was grappling with the fallout of being cheated on, I realised how cheating could be compared to financial frauds, and the parallels we can draw between the two. Being cheated on is a very emotional affair, so thinking about this in…
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Chumpterarian Romantics
Joseph Schumpeter showed that economic development undergoes waves of creative destruction. This theory posits that economic progress occurs through a continuous process where entrepreneurs introduce innovations that revolutionise economic structures from within, simultaneously destroying old industries while creating new ones. As an economics nerd, I see being cheated on not as a dead end, but…
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A message to affair partners, from the cheated on
It’s pathetic that you would desire our table scraps. Yet, like any civilised person, either ask for the scraps or wait for us to leave the table. By sneakily taking it off our plates, it’s pretty disrespectful, even if you have shown us that we never really liked what you took anyway. If we, the…