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When is New Information Important?
How important is new information? How do we know? Often, we don’t, according to a study in a September 2024 paper ...
The Joy of Knowing the Speed of Light and Math of Tennis
Did you know that the Earth is round? As a kid, I would flip through a set of Charlie Brown Encyclopedias and ...
Three Thoughts on Thursday about Thinking
T-H-I-N-K
Often, it’s not until years later, after you’ve had a chance to manage or motivate people, lead a ...
Creative Work and Role Models
I can basically do one round of creative work each day. Maybe two. No more. The attention, capacity, and focus ...
Managing Trees, Managing People: Nothing is Independent
As a kid, I learned that the “knee bone connected to the thigh bone” thanks to the School House Rock song “Them ...
We are Lucky: Observations on Dishwashers and Cherry Pickers
How to Load a Dishwasher
Take a break from fixing the world via social media to consider the art of loading ...
Bad Dates, Cookie Lies, and Waking in Ukraine
Years before getting married, I went on a date to a forgotten restaurant for an unremarkable meal. However, I ...
Perspectives on Risk: Transparency and Competence
Introduction
When it comes to managing positive and negative risks, I think in terms of “transparency” and ...
Logic, Passion, and the Rule of 72
I am passionate about learning and logical, rational thinking. If something does not make sense or fails to ...
Brooks Writes Stories: How Did It Go in 2024?
Happy New Year. Since 2017, I have submitted and tracked my fiction writing, and posted annual updates (2018, ...
Learn One New Thing Today
Beaverball, my book about a season with the MIT baseball team, includes stories about how we sometimes shared a ...
How You Think Can Be as Important as What You Think
The economist Mohamed El-Erian, in his book The Only Game in Town, writes about the importance of having and ...
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