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Ruxandra Mazilu

Full Stack Marketer, Brand Builder, and Curious Human digging into what makes us wonder.

#46: Should we talk to strangers? If yes, why?

Feb 1, 2026

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#46: Should we talk to strangers? If yes, why?

This week: why we systematically underestimate the joy of talking to strangers, how AI agents are socializing better than we are, and why young adults are the loneliest group in Britain.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#45: Why Should We Work To Get Out of Our Bubbles?

Jan 25, 2026

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#45: Why Should We Work To Get Out of Our Bubbles?

This week: why our brains evolved to avoid uncertainty at all costs, how AI learns to amplify the biases we already have, and the word for people who refuse to admit they've been wrong all along.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#44: What's Really In Our Control?

Jan 18, 2026

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#44: What's Really In Our Control?

This week: why critical ignoring is your most important skill in 2026, the Stoic principle that shapes happier lives, and the cosmic events that remind us some things just happen regardless.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#43: Why Are We Focused on Living Longer Instead of Living Better?

Jan 11, 2026

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#43: Why Are We Focused on Living Longer Instead of Living Better?

This week: the 80-year Harvard study proving relationships outlive longevity hacks, why one doctor still plans to die at 75, and the biohacker who claims immortality by 2039.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#42: New Year. Now What?

Jan 4, 2026

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#42: New Year. Now What?

This week: the psychology of motivation without willpower, AI's shift from hype to pragmatism, and a rogue planet drifting through the Einstein desert.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#41: What Gets Carried Forward?

Dec 28, 2025

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#41: What Gets Carried Forward?

This week: why riding emerging waves matters more than perfection, conducting a purposeful year-end review, and how purpose is something you form rather than find.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#40: Why Do We Need Rituals at the Edge of the Year?

Dec 21, 2025

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#40: Why Do We Need Rituals at the Edge of the Year?

This week: appreciating imperfection when nothing feels perfect, the year-end ritual that replaces burnout with closure, and why cabbage is having a cultural moment.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#39: What Are You Holding Onto That's Holding You Back?

Dec 14, 2025

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#39: What Are You Holding Onto That's Holding You Back?

This week: why forgetting makes you smarter, the philosopher who found freedom in letting go, and why governments want five years of your digital past.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#38: What's Hiding in Plain Sight?

Dec 7, 2025

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#38: What's Hiding in Plain Sight?

This week: why deep listening reveals what arguments can't, the women scientists erased from history, and how analytics companies track every move you make.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#37: When Do You Truly Become an Adult?

Nov 30, 2025

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#37: When Do You Truly Become an Adult?

This week: why your brain isn't fully adult until 32, how Gen Z is rewriting the rules of financial independence, and the disappearing midlife crisis that's been replaced by quarter-life despair.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#36: How Do You Decide When Nothing Is Certain?

Nov 23, 2025

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#36: How Do You Decide When Nothing Is Certain?

This week: why annoyances compound when ignored, the paradox of optimistic (and pessimistic) business leaders, and the 100 life decisions psychologists say we dread most.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#35: What If Music Is Your Brain's Favorite Time Machine?

Nov 16, 2025

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#35: What If Music Is Your Brain's Favorite Time Machine?

This week: why teenage songs never leave your brain, the neuroscience of creative breakthroughs, and the AI artist that fooled 97% of listeners.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#34: Is Being Easily Distracted The New Normal?

Nov 9, 2025

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#34: Is Being Easily Distracted The New Normal?

This week: the hidden cost of "AI brain rot," what those weird floaty things in your eye really are, and the case for treating your guilty pleasures as necessary maintenance.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#33: The Structural Advantage

Nov 2, 2025

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#33: The Structural Advantage

This week: why comparing your messy "inside" to someone's neat "outside" is pointless, the engineering masterpiece that proves constraints create genius, and the long-term vision that made a country nearly 100% renewable.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#32: The Hidden Architecture of Identity

Oct 26, 2025

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#32: The Hidden Architecture of Identity

This week: the illusion that your mind is a clean room, how rock carving can help you understand more about your surroundings, and the history of the world's most viewed photo.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#31: Trading Certainty for Data

Oct 19, 2025

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#31: Trading Certainty for Data

This week: the physics of free will, how to survive jumping off cliffs professionally, and the beautiful necessity of the pivot.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#30: Why Do We Need a Method to the Madness?

Oct 12, 2025

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#30: Why Do We Need a Method to the Madness?

This week: from the eccentric habits of genius authors to the surprising engineering behind the Moai statues and the simple routine needed for emotional intelligence.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#29: How Do We Model the World?

Oct 5, 2025

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#29: How Do We Model the World?

This week: how we use cultural frameworks, data, and internal resilience to make sense of a world that is always evolving, failing, and challenging our oldest systems.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#28: What's the Cost of Authenticity?

Sep 28, 2025

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#28: What's the Cost of Authenticity?

This week: what we gain when we choose effort over ease. A look at why hard-won success, from strained yogurt to self-reflection, creates a value that speed and simple solutions can never deliver.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#27: How Things Evolve

Sep 21, 2025

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#27: How Things Evolve

This week: from abandoned railways to the science of procrastination and the surprising secrets of new neighborhoods; a look at the process of change and the hidden forces that shape our world.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#26: The Known And The Unknown

Sep 14, 2025

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#26: The Known And The Unknown

This week: from the mysteries of our own minds to the search for life in the stars, an exploration of what we know, what we don’t, and why the questions matter more than the answers.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#25: The Case for Embracing Friction

Sep 7, 2025

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#25: The Case for Embracing Friction

This week: From messy creativity and uncomfortable conversations to the unseen value of things that resist easy solutions, an ode to embracing friction and finding beauty in the struggle.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#24: Reclaiming the Slow Lane

Aug 31, 2025

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#24: Reclaiming the Slow Lane

This week: From medieval castles to dolce vita rhythms, deep boredom, and musical time travel - an ode to slowness, softness, and the quiet clarity it brings.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#23: The Illusion of Progress

Aug 24, 2025

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#23: The Illusion of Progress

This week: From asteroid economics to ancient wisdom, digital bubbles, and paradoxical riddles - a journey through what we call progress, and what it might actually mean.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
#22: What’s Real, Anyway?

Aug 17, 2025

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#22: What’s Real, Anyway?

This week: From Japan’s hidden emotions to AI’s big claims, pain’s subjectivity, and shape-shifting myths, we explore what’s real, what’s performance, and what lies in between.

Ruxandra Mazilu
Ruxandra Mazilu
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