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[Voiceover] Let g be a function defined for all real numbers. Also, let g prime, the derivative of g, be defined as g prime of x is equal to x squared over x minus two to the third power. On which intervals is g increasing? Well, at first you might say,…

Hey there, Aluxer! Have you ever found that some people around you make great financial decisions and they seem to do it effortlessly? It’s like they’ve got some kind of magic touch or formula. Well, you know, they probably do, and you have it too. You j…

Alright Kevin O’Leary, welcome! How are you doing? By a man of your complete ban, you’ve been on Jeopardy of one wine awards. Where do we start? You get into the wine business, you’re in it for what, three months? No, six weeks. And you’ve already won an…

Ah, we started the chicken rescue ranch in 2004 to really be proactive and focus on the toucans that were in the pet trade. The culture in Costa Rica was always that animals could be caught and they could be kept as pets. Fortunately, Costa Rica changed t…

Is being overly kind actually more harmful than helpful? In a world that often equates kindness with virtue, it might seem counterintuitive to suggest that there’s such a thing as too much generosity. Yet, stepping back and examining the philosophy of Sto…

A Stoic’s end goal is to achieve ‘eudaimonia’, which is a state of flourishing that arises when we live in accordance with nature. But how do we live in accordance with nature? The Stoics believe that this requires living ‘rationally’, and that rational p…