One Hundred Milliseconds Between the World and You

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Keith Allen
July 28, 2025

Brain

Smarter in 5 Minutes a Day

Looking to stay sharp, inspired, and ahead of the curve? Start here.

Productivity

The Dangers of Blind Consistency

Blind consistency is rigid. Formulaic. Stubborn. It clings to original thoughts, mindsets, habits, and behaviors under the guise of virtue.

The Curiosity Chronicle

Work-Life

Hierarchies Are Dead. Haier Built a Company Without Bosses.

Discover how Haier runs a 75,000-person company with no managers, no hierarchy, and total entrepreneurial freedom. This is the future of work.

Corporate Rebels

Better Living

The One Hundred Milliseconds Between the World and You: Oliver Sacks on Perception

“If the doors of perception were cleansed,” William Blake wrote, “everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” But we are finite creatures, in time and in space, and …

The Marginalian

Leadership

The Humility Myth

Humility is a superpower when possessed by competent and experienced leaders.

Admired Leadership

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Human beings like the idea of the truth, but you might notice how quickly facts go out the window when there’s something to gain or lose.

There’s an instinctive drive to protect one’s position, real or hypothetical, by saying whatever keeps you feeling safest.

David Cain
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