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The Beautiful Mess Effect

featuring Seinfeld, supermodels and adolescent angst

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May 05, 2025
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The uneven texture of beauty (Claudia Schiffer via Wikimedia: Public Domain)

My friend’s son Luke is 13. Recently, he won an award at one of those inter-school young scientist events. He coded a VR learning app—a mind-boggling feat when I reflect on what I was doing at his age.

The next day, Luke was anxious going to school. He believed the jig was up, he…

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