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@antifragile Jan 25, 2018, 5:03 PM UTC

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 this problem -- diet and exer…

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@antifragile Jan 5, 2018, 5:17 AM UTC

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 professional life were…

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@antifragile Dec 23, 2017, 7:46 AM UTC

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 that one seasoned stock…

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@antifragile Dec 20, 2017, 9:29 PM UTC

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 -- separated by about 20…

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@antifragile Dec 20, 2017, 6:21 AM UTC

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 1990’s. That’s when organic cer…

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@antifragile Aug 28, 2017, 1:16 AM UTC

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 1990s, something odd be…

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@antifragile Sep 20, 2016, 5:53 PM UTC

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 same. I don't think t…

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@antifragile Sep 9, 2016, 2:20 AM UTC

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 simplest possible terms,…

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@antifragile Sep 6, 2016, 11:26 AM UTC

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 incompetent, and would be be…

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@antifragile Sep 5, 2016, 3:04 PM UTC

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 trick play, it's a big d…

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