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Behavioural science, human psychology, and why the most interesting decisions are the ones algorithms can't make. Written by a former military aviator turned CMO who built the STAR Framework and still can't stop thinking about why people do what they do.

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Sep 29, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Is Content Creation a Real Job? (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    Why Gen Z Fangirls an Anthropologist: Xiang Biao and the Art of Thinking for Yourself (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    The Myth That Left the Classroom and Moved Into the Boardroom (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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  4. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    Personalisation Fatigue: Why “Too Good” Marketing Is Backfiring (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    Jev and the Machine That Knows What It Doesn’t Know (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone

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