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The baloney detection kit
I appreciate how quickly this gets to the heart of the issue. “Carl Sagan’s rules for bullshit-busting and critical thinking.” | learn more
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Internal Google study shows employees are less productive working from home
“Google productivity is down among its engineers during extended quarantine measures, especially among new hires, according to the tech giant’s own internal measures. After three months of working from home, Google engineers reported feeling less productive than earlier in the […]
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Making the Monty Hall problem weirder but obvious
“The Monty Hall problem is famously unintuitive. This post starts with an extreme version where the solution is blindingly obvious. We then go through a series of small changes.” | learn more
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Iatrogrenics: why intervention often leads to worse outcomes
The term was popularized by Nassim Taleb and in this post Farnam Street explains the concept well. “Iatrogenics is when we cause more harm by intervention than we do good.” | learn more
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The second mountain & secular formation
I never grasped what “community” really meant nor its importance until recently. Maybe I still underestimate it. “[T]hree core elements that make an organization “church-y,” even if it doesn’t look like a traditional religious institution: contemplation, community, and contribution.” | learn more
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Hiring: the Lake Wobegon strategy
In 2006, a Google researcher modeled the effects of their hiring strategy. In the 14 years since, we’ve seen its outcomes. “You know the Google story: small start-up of highly-skilled programmers in a garage grows into a large international company. […]
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Dancing with belief
From Seth Godin: “All of us believe things that might be inconsistent, not based on how the real world actually works or not shared by others. That’s what makes us human.” | learn more
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The trouble with optionality
“The shortest distance between two points is reliably a straight line. If your dreams are apparent to you, pursue them. Creating optionality and buying lottery tickets are not way stations on the road to pursuing your dreamy outcomes. They are […]
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Hedonism leads to happiness
“Relaxing on the sofa or savoring a delicious meal: Enjoying short-term pleasurable activities that don’t lead to long-term goals contributes at least as much to a happy life as self-control, according to new research from the University of Zurich and […]
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Reaching peak meeting efficiency
Steven Sinofsky, a former Microsoft executive, has spent a lot of time thinking about meetings. “Meetings are a critical tool for building a diverse, high-performance team with shared values.” This is his detailed and useful guide. | learn more