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Communicating online
Seth Godin highlights four ‘big leaps’ that exist when moving communication online. “It’s not just like the real world but with keyboards.” | learn more
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Happiness is peace in motion
Naval Ravikant has transitioned from startup investor to philosopher, and I like it! “The first problem with attaining peace is that no activity will get you there. Fundamentally, peace is inactivity; it’s a sense that everything is fine.” | learn more
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Yale’s “most popular class ever” is available for free online
It’s called The Science of Well-Being. The online ratings and feedback are impressive: 4,000+ ratings with 98% approval and 4.9 stars. Direct link to course. If you’re not quarantined with small children, you should have plenty of time to check it […]
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What to do if you find yourself working remotely for the first time
Wonderful experience-based advice from Stella Garber. “Whether it’s a new job, a family situation, or even a global pandemic, you may find yourself working remotely for the very first time. Plot twist: It may not even be your choice. Fear […]
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The cobra effect – unintended consequences
Once upon a time in Delhi, the governor decided there were too may cobras. So, he set a cash bounty on cobra skins. Entrepreneurial citizens began farming cobras to earn cash. The government got wise and canceled the program. The […]
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A conversation with Daniel Kahneman
This is the guy who pioneered research into human bias and is considered a father of behavioral economics. Now that bias is the talk of the town, he’s focused on another decision-making problem: noise. | learn more
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40 powerful concepts
Rolled up into one page, this is a series of tweets by Gurwinder Bhogal describing important concepts with few words. Examples of concepts: causal reductionism, emergence, survivorship bias, concept creep, and streetlight effect (pictured above). | learn more
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5 building blocks for your customer acquisition machine
Written by Alex Iskold of 2048 Ventures, one of my favorite writers in early-stage tech. “Even the best companies that build products that early customers want need to carefully think through how to acquire more customers. Just throwing money at […]
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Discontinuities: where messy incentives make us do weird things
Late last year, finance forums had an uptick in people trying to figure out how to lose money. Why? They wanted to get below the income threshold for health insurance subsidy. Dan Luu’s post offers more details a handful of […]
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Why students forget everything on your powerpoint slides
This is written to an audience of educators, yet applicable to most of us. Basically, the redundancy of written + spoken content creates cognitive overload that leads to less learning. Instead of text, use graphs and images to complement the […]