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The nurture assumption is not a truism; it is not even a universally acknowledged truth. It is a product of our culture—a cherished cultural myth. In the remainder of this chapter I will tell you where it came from and how I came to question it.
The Nurture Assumption
Judith Rich Harris and Steven Pinker
What’s the difference between changing and transforming?
Changing means continuing to do essentially the same thing, only introducing some variation in degree. Transformation means doing something utterly and radically different. In the early 1990s Barnes & Noble superstores changed how we shop for books. By the mid-1990s, Amazon was transforming how we shop for books, which then transformed how we shop for everything.
How to Transform Innovation ROI by Using the Science of Certainty
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This inability to experience being alone is what James called the religion of healthy-mindedness, which we recognize today, a century later, as the social well-adjustedness of Losers and the childlike obliviousness of the Clueless. We examined these in detail in previous parts.
The Gervais Principle
Venkatesh Rao
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