A better world if
If on your way to making big, difficult changes to make the world better in future you repeatedly fail to do the small, mildly inconvenient… Read More »A better world if
Sustainability and change
Network theory: Matthew O. Jackson on four types of connectedness
Recommended – link below. 1. The most basic [type of connectedness] that we all think of is just popularity: how many people you connect with.… Read More »Network theory: Matthew O. Jackson on four types of connectedness
Deirdre McCloskey on liberty and human flourishing
The real ability of the poorest to buy goods and services rose, 1800 to the present, by 3,000 percent. Literally. A factor of thirty. …… Read More »Deirdre McCloskey on liberty and human flourishing
The water we swim in: Robert Pondiscio on culture and school performance
This extract is from is a great Econtalk discussion of How the Other Half Learns. Recommend. Robert Pondiscio: They [Success Academy Charter Schools] require an… Read More »The water we swim in: Robert Pondiscio on culture and school performance
The onion strikes back: Maggie Koerth on the nested problems of Covid-19 testing
Covid-19 testing has been a mixed bag: Singapore and Korea seem to have been able to get on top of things quickly, while the UK… Read More »The onion strikes back: Maggie Koerth on the nested problems of Covid-19 testing
Contextualising best practice: one size does not fit all
Here’s another example of how “best practice” is context dependent, this time in responses to the Covid-19 crisis: In the response to the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read More »Contextualising best practice: one size does not fit all
Clifford Ashley on folk art and reading as rivals
This long extract from the (fascinating) Ashley Book of Knots (1944) is an excellent of example of the variety of influences and incentives (economic, technological,… Read More »Clifford Ashley on folk art and reading as rivals
Astro Teller on planning, experimentation and innovation
This extract is from another great interview on Exponential View with Azeem Azhar. Depending on how you count, [at Google X] maybe 1000 ideas turned… Read More »Astro Teller on planning, experimentation and innovation
Bear hunt
We can rarely go around – or over, or under – the big, difficult things. If we could they wouldn’t be big or difficult. The… Read More »Bear hunt
Competent
Maybe you think of yourself as competent, or maybe you don’t. Self-talk I tend to say things to myself like: I can do this. I… Read More »Competent