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Sam Block's Blog – June 2013 Archive (2)

Genius, Skill, Talent, Technique

(Originally posted on my blog here.)

Between the sufferings of both modern public school education and psychological neuroses, a lot of people fall into one of two camps of belief:

  1. I can be anything I want and be good at everything I do.
  2. I can’t do anything no matter how hard I try.

Both of these beliefs are false, as I reckon…

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Added by Sam Block on June 9, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Divination as Intel

(Originally posted on my blog here.)

One of my favorite webcomics (which is ending this year at 10+ years old, alas!) is Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire.  In addition to being a painfully/punfully witty and action-packed high-fantasy webcomic, it also centers around the young Dominic Deegan, a career seer, an oracle who…

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Added by Sam Block on June 2, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments

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