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May 16, 2015 Leave a comment
Life
- It Is, in Fact, Rocket Science; Why do we reduce great discoveries to epiphany myths? NYT
- Imagination as a Journey of Survival and Discovery: WSJ
- Rather Than Fight or Flee, Take Responsibility: NYT
- The Greatest Generation of Scientists: NYT
- When Personal Tragedy Strikes, Downshifting at Work Doesn’t Always Help: HBR
- A psychiatrist says this skill is the best indicator of a person’s ability to succeed: BI
- The man who oversaw electronics design on Dyson’s first robotic vacuum cleaner came to Silicon Valley this week to deliver a blunt message: keep it simple and test relentlessly. EETimes
- Where Would the Kardashians Be Without Kris Jenner? The mother, and manager, of reality TV’s most famous clan has created a strange new form of family business — and changed the nature of celebrity. NYT
- CEO who raised the minimum wage at his company to $70,000 a year reveals the most important quality he looks for when hiring: BI
- How removing fear can be your innovation trump card; WaPo
- To Lead Effectively, You Must Handle Uncertainty: Forbes
- Nikesh Arora: Tough player at SoftBank; Armed with $100 and two suitcases, he rose to the top of US tech. Now he is taking on Japan: FT
- MIT lecturer explains 5 key skills that separate innovators from imitators: BI
- 4 psychological tricks to instantly appear more competent: BI
- Why Tesla employees fear Elon Musk, as told by one of the company’s co-founders: BI
- In Praise of Moonshots: WSJ
- The Future Is in the Quaking Swamps; the remarkable connection between Peter Thiel and H.D. Thoreau: IFG
- Why the art market is about Piketty and Picasso; Paintings are of high value because of inequality: FT
- How to Get People to Pitch In: We cooperate because it makes us look good. NYT
- How to Understand Italy: NYT
- Decoding the Enigma of Satoshi Nakamoto and the Birth of Bitcoin: NYT
- Use Stress to Your Advantage: To perform under pressure, research finds that welcoming anxiety is more helpful than calming down: WSJ
- How Homo Economicus Went Extinct: Consumers and investors don’t act rationally, but for generations economists have pretended they do.: WSJ
Books
- The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos: Amazon
- The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil: Amazon
- Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probabilities and Statistics on Everything You Do: Amazon
- Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts: Amazon
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