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antifragile (48)in #food • 7 years ago
The Real Reason America -- And The Developed World -- Is Overweight Is Not What You Think
The developed world has a health problem on its hands. According to the CDC, a shocking 70.4% of all Americans are obese or overweight. While there are two components to…
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antifragile (48)in #coffee • 7 years ago
Why Coffee From Starbucks Tastes Bitter and Burned
It wasn’t until I was 29 years-old, spending a year living in Costa Rica, that I had my first real cup of coffee. As an inner-city middle school teacher, the first six years of…
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antifragile (48)in #cryptocurrency • 7 years ago
Cryptocurrency Market: An Approach for the Newbie Investor
Greetings Steemians (and others who might find this page), For the masses that are just now tuning into the power of the cryptocurrency market, I wanted to offer the approach…
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antifragile (48)in #cryptocurrencies • 7 years ago
The Rise of CryptoCurrencies Leading to the End of the Nation-State?
I'm very much a beginner when it comes to crypto-currencies. That being said, I'm trying to learn what I can, and recently found an interesting connection between two writers --…
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antifragile (48)in #travel • 7 years ago
How the Organic Industry Devastated Costa Rican Coffee Farms
My family and I have lived part-time on a Costa Rican coffee farm for seven years. This is part of what we've learned. A good place to start this story is in the early…
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antifragile (48)in #food • 7 years ago
The Miracle at El Toledo Coffee Farm
Imagine this scenario: You’re a husband and wife farming team in Costa Rica. You have a small plot of land that provides enough to feed your two young boys. Then, in the early…
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antifragile (48)in #life • 8 years ago
Terence Crutcher, BlackLivesMatter and a Solution That Doesn't Start With Pointing Fingers
Another unarmed black man dead. This time, it started with something as simple as a stalled car. If this was a white man, I simply cannot believe the outcome would have been the…
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antifragile (48)in #steemit • 8 years ago
The 7 Design Principles of a Blockchain Economy
New to the concepts of blockchain? Join the crowd. Earlier this week, I started reading Don and Alex Tapscott's Blockchain Revolution. I'm breaking down what I read into the…
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antifragile (48)in #steemit • 8 years ago
Blockchain Technology for Beginners: Chapter One (from "Blockchain Revolution")
There are a lot of smart people on Steemit. Many of them have deep knowledge of how blockchain technology works. That can make us mere mortals feel like we are completely…
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antifragile (48)in #sports • 8 years ago
Football: The Greatest Trick Play No One Noticed
There's a paradoxical truth about trick plays in any sport: once they become popular, the lose their element of surprise. That's why when a team comes up with a truly awesome…
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antifragile (48)in #travel • 8 years ago
5 Reasons To Move to Costa Rica
In 2010, my wife and I quit our jobs and moved to Costa Rica--knowing absolutely no one and having no income whatsoever. I like to say that the decision was made by blindly…
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antifragile (48)in #life • 8 years ago
The Mini-Retirement: A Crazy Idea That Gave Us Our Lives Back
All to often, we don't question the carefully defined path that we're "supposed" to take in life. I was no different. For most of my adult life, I wanted to be a teacher--and…
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antifragile (48)in #coffee • 8 years ago
Why You Drink Terrible Coffee, and How to Change It
I hadn't tasted coffee until I was 29. My first cup ruined me. I never meant to become a coffee snob, but circumstances conspired against me. My wife and I had a very…
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antifragile (48)in #introduceyourself • 8 years ago
We Quit Our Jobs and Moved to Costa Rica…At Age 30
While that title is totally true, I’m not here to brag. Rather, I want to share my story in hopes that it might inspire others. After graduating from Grinnell College in 2005…
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antifragile (48)in #life • 8 years ago
Antifragility for Dummies (Or Why You Need to Start Taking Cold Showers!)
Everything in the world can be broken down into three categories: The fragile: These items break under stress. Think of a glass falling off of a table. The robust: Under…
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