My Business Magazines Lied to Me
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. — Demosthenes
Kool-aid is a wonderful thing. It tastes excellent. It comes in pretty colors. If everyone else is having some too, it becomes a bonding point with friends. The problem is, it doesn’t have […]
Why I Gave Up Blogs To Read More Books
I logged into Bloglines today for the first time in weeks. 1000+ posts. That is how many I missed among the 63 feeds that I now read, or, did read. At one time, just a few years ago, I read overt 300 RSS feeds almost daily. What happened? Why have […]
Using the Hedonic Treadmill To Be More Productive
Joseph Schumpeter used to record a daily score in his diary for how hard he worked that day. He was not kind to himself and frequently gave himself low grades even as he churned out famous works like Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. He felt like he spent too much of his day doing […]
Availability Cascades
Holman Jenkins has an excellent piece in the Wall Street Journal today about cascades. He asks some very important questions that any critical thinker should consider. While discussing Al Gore’s Nobel prize, he notes that:
How this honor has befallen the former Veep could perhaps be explained by another Nobel, awarded in 2002 to […]
