Is Optimization...a Bad Thing?

Is Optimization...a Bad Thing?

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Don't Call it a Crisis: Reaching Midlife Clarity

Dave is turning 50, and a midlife crisis is just around the corner. He makes budae-jjigae for Chris Ying and two guests who have undergone some major life changes...and maybe not only when they hit midlife. The four discuss times in life when you have to make a change, why it sho ...  Show more

More Money, More Inappropriate Dinner Conversation Pt. 2

Dave and Chris had so much to talk about with our guests that they needed a part two...They talk about why money is so difficult to talk about, as well as field a pitch for a global salary cap, and finally, they wonder how much money would need to be offered to make Chris Ying ce ...  Show more

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