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Envy is a small kind of hope

The cost is obvious, the benefit is diffuse, and so the benefit loses.

By Alina Petrova29 Apr 202613 min read

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The choice of the late fee

What feels like a preference is often just a default nobody questioned.

By Alina Petrova15 Feb 20256 min read

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