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The main purpose of starting this blog is self reflection and teaching myself the most important knowledge. It’s called abracadabra because that’s how I feel about my learnings and their improvement to my life and work. It’s a Hebrew phrase meaning I create what I speak. Beyond that, it’s my…

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The table of contents
The table of contents

Feb 28

The War In Ukraine

How will the war progress Putin’s plan was to replay Crimea in 2014 in Ukraine. He needs A swift conquer of the major cities including the capital Kyiv The flee of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his government Maintain a puppet regime that’s accepted by Ukrainians Neither is likely to happen at this point. The strong resistance…

Ukraine

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The War In Ukraine
The War In Ukraine

Jan 9

The path of COVID-19 in China and the West, 2019 to 2021

The number of death from a pandemic is under Pareto distribution with its alpha being less than 1. (Notes for the nerds: such a distribution has an infinite mean and an infinite variance, a true realm of the unknowable.) …

Covid 19

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The path of COVID-19 in China and the West, 2019 to 2021
The path of COVID-19 in China and the West, 2019 to 2021

Dec 23, 2021

My Cancún Travel and Retrospects

Before 2021 Christmas, we spent 12 days in Cancún. Never traveling abroad since COVID-19 and having undergone significant personal transformations in the past two years allowed me to experience this trip quite differently than my previous vocations. Those perspectives shed light on what’s missing in my lifestyle. This post is…

Cancun

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My Cancún Travel and Retrospects
My Cancún Travel and Retrospects

Nov 7, 2021

Risk, middle age crisis, and the black swan

It’s an old idea to divide people into four categories based on their risk and reward(expected value or EV) tradeoff. This choice, however, has higher stake than most of us realized. It occurred to me after looking at lives around me and reading several books on this topic. …

Investment

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Risk, middle age crisis, and the black swan
Risk, middle age crisis, and the black swan

Oct 10, 2021

How to live forever or as long as possible

My mission for the rest of my life My mission in this life is to maintain my current health status forever and help all like-minded people to achieve the same. This document is version 0.1 of the game plan. In order to have a tangible scope, I will describe what I believe without sufficiently explaining why it’s true. Two paths to external lives The scientific path …

Longevity

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How to live forever or as long as possible
How to live forever or as long as possible

Sep 22, 2021

Moving the table

The story During the weekend, my wife and I helped a couple move a big heavy dining table from the garage to the second floor of their house. I measured the dimensions and compared them with the narrowest passway we need to move by. There are 1~2 inches of buffer and I…

Strategy

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Moving a table
Moving a table

Sep 11, 2021

Retreat in Esalen institute

“Thanks for visiting us. Because if you didn’t come, we wouldn’t exist.” said Joseph, the Esalen gatekeeper who just helped me check-in. The first impression set my expectations high since I was drawn to Esallen to deepen my mindfulness meditation skill. …

Esalen

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Retreat in Esalen institute
Retreat in Esalen institute

Aug 22, 2021

Driving a conversation

Introduction At work and family, most of us influence the world mainly from conversations. For years, this communication channel had been ineffective for me. I constantly felt that others were not listening or were too ignorant to understand what I said. I tried hard to be more patient and polite. I…

Communication

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Driving a conversation
Driving a conversation

Aug 1, 2021

On reading well

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. – Mark Twain Summary This post shares my thoughts on reading in three folds. The purpose of reading a book Book as the technology boundary of human communication Reading speed Book is my most significant education format for…

Reading

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On reading well
On reading well
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