Introvert to do list
Dear introverts: It’s a people-infused world out there and, sometimes you gotta find ways to skip the small talk, ditch the networking event and get a little restorative you time. Here, eight things to do to stay sane on the days that challenge you the…
Shuffling cards
Shuffling Cards Every time you shuffle a deck of playing cards, it’s likely that you have come up with an ordering of cards that is unique in human history. For example, I shuffled a deck of cards this afternoon, and my friend Adam split the deck,…
Dunning Kruger Effect
Dunning Kruger Effect The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which relatively unskilled persons suffer illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their ability to be much higher than it really is. Incompetent people cannot recognize just how…
Unruly Teenagers
Here are a few quotes from the past. It should really highlight that the same things are said about new generations by past generations and are meaningless: “I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of…
Violence and Religion
If it were true that when belief in God weakens, societal well-being diminishes, then we should see abundant evidence for this. But we don’t. In fact, we find just the opposite: Those societies today that are the most religious — where faith in God…
Rustle in the grass
‘We are pattern-seeking primates. Our brains are designed by evolution to constantly be forming connections, patterns, learning things about the environment. We connect A to B to C, and often A really is connected to B, and B really is connected to C.…
Christopher Hitchens
If i had to assemble a team to assess and best handle some “situation”, Hitchens would be in the top 5. He is best known for being one of the horsemen of neo-atheists. Sam Harris being the other one. I just wanted to post a best of video.…