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Take a profound and distant journey. Call it Deep Travel, Immersive Travel, Slow Travel, or Vagabonding. Francis Tapon guides you to the intersection of travel, technology, and transformation. The podcast will compel you to go beyond your comfort zone. Occasionally, you‘ll also delve into the misunderstood world of cryptocurrencies.
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Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
No, You Can NOT Give More Than 100%! Stop exaggerating!
If your employee tells you that he's giving you 110%, fire his ass for lying.
I explain in this mini-podcast!
Mini-podcast episodes
In 2021, I made a 30-min WanderLearn episode about 12 words/phrases that are commonly misused.
Although the video and podcast got decent attention, some people have a short attention span.
Therefore, I broke that long episode into short segments that are easy to share.
These bite-sized chunks are perfect for sharing.
You might only agree with three of my suggestions and not all 12.
Therefore, evangelize the words/phrases you want the world to change. Together, we can change their use. Yes, it's ambitious, but let's embark on this journey!
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Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
I respect vaccine skeptics.
They keep vaccine proponents honest.
They force vaccine defenders to provide strong justifications.
It's important to communicate with them with respect, not derision.
If you think there's skepticism in the high-income, educated world, you should visit the rest of the world.
It's higher.
I'd like to respectfully address some of the concerns that vaccine skeptics have.
Two-year anniversary
The Coronavirus Pandemic has lasted for two years, which is the same amount of time that took for the Spanish Flu Pandemic to begin to die out.
Are you fearful?
I fear neither the Coronavirus nor its vaccines.
Most people fear one or both.
That fear pushes them to take a strong position.
I don't take a strong position because I don't give a fuck what people do since COVID is no big deal unless you're old and/or fat.
Answer these 3 questions
1. What is the percentage chance that you'll get COVID?
2. If you get COVID, what is the percentage chance that you'll get extremely sick or die?
3. What is the percentage chance that you will get extremely sick or die from getting a COVID vaccine?
My estimates
1. 80% - if it's not already endemic, it will be in 2022.
2. Less than 1%. If you're old/fat, much higher. If you're thin/young, much lower.
3. 10-1000x less likely than #2.
I took the vaccine because I figured that the odds that I would get hospitalized (or die) due to COVID was probably 1 in 1,000 since I'm old but not fat.
Meanwhile, the odds of getting seriously fucked up from the vaccine was probably, at worst, 1 in 10,000.
If my estimates are reasonable, the answer was clear. Neither poses a grave risk. I do many things that are far riskier. So I need not lose sleep over either the vaccines or COVID.
Of the two highly unlikely events, getting fucked up from the vaccine was even less likely than the virus destroying me.
What do anti-vaxxers say?
Of course, anti-vaccine folks probably flip my estimates.
Some flip them to a comical level.
One friend claimed that if she took the vaccine, there was an 80% chance that she would be hospitalized, which is fucking hilarious.
I'd advise you to research this, but the problem with the internet is that you can find a seemingly "reliable source" for almost anything you can imagine.
I can "prove" that:
- the moon landings didn't happen
- the world is flat
- broccoli is bad for you
When to question the majority
If you don't want to take a vaccine, it's probably because you don't trust the standard news sources. And you don't trust over 90% of doctors and medical experts.
I'm all for taking contrarian perspectives - I do it all the time. There's a famous line:
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
However, at some point, you might want to pause and reflect more carefully if you're in the minority.
Why not be skeptical about whether murder, stealing, or Hitler are bad?
The evil mainstream media, the powerful politicians, and the fat cat corporations are unanimously pushing the narrative that murder, stealing, and Hitler are horrible. Shouldn't that make you suspicious? Isn't obvious why that is? I'll tell you why:
- They're against murder because they want to keep the population high so that more people are competing for jobs and that brings wages down!
- They're against stealing because the prison and justice system makes fat profits from all the thieves - and powerful people don't want to cut into their ill-gotten gains!
- They're against Hitler because all those powerful entities are run by Jews and they don't want another populist to get elected!
The point of my ludicrous arguments is that you can always take a contrarian viewpoint. You can always invent a conspiracy theory. However, believe it or not, the majority is usually right about most things.
Why should anyone care whether others take the vaccine?
The libertarian in me doesn't give a fuck if someone doesn't want to take the vaccine just like I don't give a fuck if someone doesn't want to wear a seatbelt.
The only problem I have is when taxpayers have to pay for the hospitalization costs of those who don't wear seatbelts.
Unfortunately, it's too draconian to put a law that says, "No seatbelt, then the government will not cover your car accident costs."
The same goes for vaccines. If people want to defy the conventional wisdom that vaccines and seatbelts are helpful, that's fine, but don't expect society to pay for your medical bills if you're wrong.
Long-term side effects of vaccines?
The skeptic fears the long-term side effects of vaccines. But those same skeptics have several vaccines in their bodies. Most of us have taken vaccines for typhoid, tetanus, rubella, measles, mumps, Hep A/B, and polio. If you've traveled to the tropics, you probably got the yellow fever vaccine.
If vaccines are going to have nasty side effects, they always show those side effects hours, days, or weeks after the shot. It won't show up 5 years later.
On the contrary, vaccines get weaker with time, which is why we usually need booster shots.
But what about mRNA vaccines?
If you're worried about the dreaded new technology of mRNA, you can do what I did: take the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine. Or the Chinese or Russian vaccines, which are based on traditional vaccine development methods.
If those vaccines haven't significant side effects after being out for over one year and having gone through 100 million shots, then they won't have side effects in five years.
Every year, vaccines for typhoid, tetanus, rubella, measles, mumps, Hep A/B, yellow fever, and polio send people to the hospital due to horrible side effects. However, those are exceedingly rare events.
If one in 100,000 people who get a vaccine get hospitalized due to the vaccine, that's 80,000 cases worldwide (assuming everyone gets the vaccine)!
Imagine that! 80,000 potential news stories of people falling gravely ill due to a vaccine!
And if kills one in a million, then that's 8,000 deaths from vaccines! Horrible, right?
Not necessarily.
You must ask yourself, are my odds of dying from the coronavirus lower than one in a million?
Humans are poor with math and statistics. I hope this helps.
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Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Maybe "pride comes before the fall," but there's nothing inherently bad about being proud of something - unless you didn't earn it!
I explain in this mini-podcast!
Mini-podcast episodes
In 2021, I made a 30-min WanderLearn episode about 12 words/phrases that are commonly misused.
Although the video and podcast got decent attention, some people have a short attention span.
Therefore, I broke that long episode into short segments that are easy to share.
These bite-sized chunks are perfect for sharing.
You might only agree with three of my suggestions and not all 12.
Therefore, evangelize the words/phrases you want the world to change. Together, we can change their use. Yes, it's ambitious, but let's embark on this journey!
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Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Recently, you may have heard that bond yields have "inverted."
What does that mean?
Financial reporters talk about bonds and yields often.
It must be important, but why?
What's the difference between a Treasury bill, a note, and a bond?
Why are inverted yield curves scary?
Timeline
00:00 Question from a listeners
01:00 What's a bond?
02:20 Fed funds rate & inflation
03:00 3 Types of bonds
03:48 Bonds interest rates impact
04:33 Inverted yield curve
05:50 Why bond values are inversely proportional to yields
07:45 Conclusion
Thanks to Dan Coplan for asking the question!
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Friday Apr 01, 2022
Friday Apr 01, 2022
This ain't no April Fools! Yes, you judge. Everyone does.
Do you know people who self-righteously claim they don't judge anyone?
They're lying.
I explain in this mini-podcast!
Share it with anyone who demands that you stop judging them.
Mini-podcast episodes
In 2021, I made a 30-min WanderLearn episode about 12 words/phrases that are commonly misused.
Although the video and podcast got decent attention, some people have a short attention span.
Therefore, I broke that long episode into short segments that are easy to share.
These bite-sized chunks are perfect for sharing.
You might only agree with three of my suggestions and not all 12.
Therefore, evangelize the words/phrases you want the world to change. Together, we can change their use. Yes, it's ambitious, but let's embark on this journey!
Feedback
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Saturday Mar 26, 2022
Saturday Mar 26, 2022
Nejc Trušnovec is a War Analyst who has been following the Ukraine War closely.
We recorded this on March 27, 2022.
You can watch the video interview on YouTube.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
04:00 Current War Situation
05:50 Tactics
14:00 Are we rushing to judgment?
17:00 What's next?
19:10 What will happen to Putin?
23:00 Best News Sources
24:00 Final predictions
Nejc's Top 3 War News Sources
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Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
It's remarkable how many smart people say, "It's a fraction of..."
They are leaving out an important word that comes before the word "fraction."
In this mini-podcast, I explain.
Mini-podcast episodes
In 2021, I made a 30-min WanderLearn episode about 12 words/phrases that are commonly misused.
Although the video and podcast got decent attention, some people have a short attention span.
Therefore, I broke that long episode into short segments that are easy to share.
These bite-sized chunks are perfect for sharing.
You might only agree with three of my suggestions and not all 12.
Therefore, evangelize the words/phrases you want the world to change. Together, we can change their use. Yes, it's ambitious, but let's embark on this journey!
Feedback
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Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
I adore admitting that I am wrong. Today, I get to say it again.
I was wrong about Putin.
I saw him as an extremely shrewd, nimble, and intelligent leader who will do what he thinks is best for Russia.
Therefore, I didn't think he'd attack Ukraine because it's too big of a gamble.
I was wrong.
Putin is way smarter than me, so maybe it'll work out for Russia, but that seems farfetched.
But completely invading Ukraine also seemed farfetched.
Donald Trump winning the 2016 election certainly appeared farfetched.
I analyze Ukraine in 2022.
Watch this podcast on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx8NQTdwsOU
Timestamps
Timestamps
00:00 I was wrong!
00:49 Putin has changed
02:00 Shrewd Putin
02:45 Trump analogy
03:30 Wrong about Ukraine's ability to defend itself
04:40 Truth is the first casualty of war
07:07 Switzerland's telling move
08:20 What if Putin wins?
09:42 Where would Putin attack next?
11:30 Will Putin use nukes?
13:30 Conclusion
Bitcoin
I feel for the refugees who had to leave in a hurry.
This is yet another case for #Bitcoin.
It's the best asset that you can carry with you anywhere without fear of it being confiscated.
With a tiny hardware wallet, you can run away with $100 million.
By memorizing 24 words, you can carry $1 billion in your head.
Nobody can freeze or confiscate cryptocurrency like all other assets.
It's times like these when I'm grateful to be in a forgotten, backwater country like Mauritania.
So what's next for Russia?
If Russia manages to "control" Ukraine, Russia will regret doing that, like the USA regrets controlling Afghanistan and Iraq.
They were pyrrhic victories.
Only 17% of Ukraine is ethnically Russian.
Therefore, Ukrainians will always demonstrate their displeasure of being ruled by the minority.
Ukrainians will never be brainwashed into believing that they are Russians just like the United States could never convince Canadians that they are Yanks.
I doubt that they will expand further.
If they did, they would take over a Central Asian nation, like Kazakhstan.
But they won't dare to go west, into the Baltic, since they are NATO countries.
On the other hand, black swan events happen and I've been wrong before and I'll be wrong in the future.
What do you think will happen next?
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Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
What does it mean to go backpacking in Southeast Asia?
We explore the ambiguous meaning of the word backpacking.
Mini-podcast episodes
In 2021, I made a 30-min WanderLearn episode about 12 words/phrases that are commonly misused.
Although the video and podcast got decent attention, some people have a short attention span.
Therefore, I broke that long episode into short segments that are easy to share.
These bite-sized chunks are perfect for sharing.
You might only agree with three of my suggestions and not all 12.
Therefore, evangelize the words/phrases you want the world to change. Together, we can change their use. Yes, it's ambitious, but let's embark on this journey!
Feedback
What do you think of these mini-episodes?
Give anonymous verbal feedback to this show or to the podcast in general by using the SpeakPipe link below.
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Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Sandboxx is the easiest way to mail an overnight letter to a recruit in the US military.
This podcast reviews how Sandboxx works, its pricing, its pros, and its cons.
Sign up for Sandboxx with this link and we will both get a free Sandboxx letter token!
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Use this timeline to jump to the section that most interests you
00:00 What is Sandboxx?
01:35 Cost
01:50 Character limit
02:08 International users
02:50 What to write
03:25 Photos
04:20 Envelopes
05:15 Humor
06:10 Overnight?
07:40 Silence
9:15 Customer Service
10:15 Summary
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You'll make both of us happy!
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If you've used Sandboxx, share your thoughts in the comments.
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