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#97 — Our biggest problem - hiding in plain sight
Yesterday afternoon I was delighted to share my latest podcast interview, this time with the delightful Colin Campbell of CamBro Conversations. We covered just how life-changing biotech is about to be for so many of us and how exciting this is. That having been said, we also spent a fair ...
#96 — Why there is no such thing as the "right" diet...
As I said in our article a couple of weeks ago, ahead of the publication of, Our Future is Biotech, we will be sharing some key ideas from the book which I hope you might find interesting and possibly even helpful for your health and mental health too. A key ...
#95 — Why are so many diseases on the rise? And what can we do about it?
Ahead of the publication of my new book, Our Future is Biotech, we will be sharing some of the key ideas contained in the book which I hope you might find interesting. The middle section of the book is all about biotech's potential impact on our health and mental health. ...
I’m writing today to share the happy news that my new book Our Future is Biotech is about to be published. It is already available to pre-order on Amazon in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in print, e-book and audiobook formats. The book has been a la...
#93 — Video: Pessimists Sound Smart, Optimists Make Money
Watch now on YouTube Video Transcript Hello and welcome back to the Plain English Finance YouTube channel. This is our second video in the new series we have started posting from November 2023 onwards. The heading of this video and today’s topic as you will have seen is: “Pessimists sound smar...
#92 — Video - The Key to Financial Freedom: Investing First Principles...
Watch now on YouTube Video Transcript Hello and welcome to the Plain English Finance YouTube channel. I’m Andrew Craig – Author of top-selling finance book “How to Own the World” and Founder of financial education website – Plain English Finance.com. In the last few years I’ve written three books and publishe...
0ver the years since founding Plain English Finance, we’ve had lots of people ask us about the “best” financial products and services. Often the “right” answer in terms of answering questions about such things will be highly subjective and depend on the person involved. That said, below we have listed som...
#90 — Why do "pessimists sound smart..."?
My last article was entitled "Pessimists sound smart, optimists make money". Today I thought it might be worth looking in some detail at a number of the key structural reasons that pessimism can be so powerful. Whilst what follows may seem a little “off-piste” for someone ostensibly writing abou...
#89 — "Pessimists sound smart, optimists make money"
The quote in the title of this article is one of my all-time favourites, if only because believing it to be true can have a significant, tangible and positive impact on your life. Over the past few years I have more or less frequently described human progress as the most ...
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