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Other animals, like the quahog clam (the one used in clam chowder), were known to live 400 years. And the well-known ancient tortoises of the Galápagos Islands poked along for upwards of 100 years. And in 2016, scientists had confirmed that some Greenland sharks might swim the cold waters of the North Atlantic for 500 years. But those were fish and amphibians and mollusks. Bowhead whales were mammals—large and complex—and they routinely lived almost three times longer than your average, healthy human. Once again, evolution had set a different clock, a different beta. But why? And how?
Immortality, Inc.
Chip Walter
29. Trait Ascription Bias:
We tend to view ourselves as having a fluid personality that adapts to the environment, while viewing others as having fixed personalities. "I acted unreasonably because I was under pressure. He acted unreasonably because that's just who he is."
My Friends, a New MEGATH...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
Interestingly, one key element in changing SRI’s culture was that Carlson never talked about “changing the culture.” “People are generally proud of their culture,” he says. “So if you go into an organization and talk about changing the culture, it makes people wonder: ‘What is he talking about? What’s wrong with my culture?’ You don’t want people worrying about this. I never once used the word ‘culture’ at SRI in any of my discussions with the staff. What I talked about was what we needed to do. I had a couple of big themes. And I repeated those themes all the time. I never used the words, ‘culture change,’” he says.
The Age of Agile
Stephen DENNING
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