Life
Arrogance vs. Confidence: what’s the difference?
A long running debate in my own mind is the difference between…
Philosophy
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Life
When is good data impossible?
I was thinking recently about skepticism in small sample sizes. How its…
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Life
Cynicism is intellectual cowardice (short video of the week)
“I started coming to the conclusion that cynicism is intellectual cowardice. It’s…
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Life
Open letter to college graduates
Dear college graduates: I will share what no one told me when…
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Life
Why Do Arguments Become Hostile?
When conversations go wrong, there’s a moment right before it gets bad…
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Life
Does information overload matter?
Recently I’ve been involved in quantity vs. quality arguments related to the…
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Life
Book review: The checklist manifesto
Gawande’s first effort, Complications is a great book. He’s honest about the…
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Life
More on free work / Designer job
Update: the book this job was for was published. Weeks ago I posted…
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Life
The impact ratio (why it’s hard to know what’s important)
We like to think we know how important everything is when it…