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And it can keep getting destroyed. For example, a lot of social media stock market tanked and revenue tanked when Apple announced a way to not be able to keep more information asymmetry and boom, you can’t predict many things about people and therefore your revenue will tank because you can’t predict their behavior. And I think that’s where the power of understanding this simple concept can be very useful in understanding where the wealth is going to move constantly.
[The Knowledge Project Ep. #141] Kunal Shah: Core Human Motivations - Farnam Street
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Over the past few years, but especially after that panel discussion, I’ve tried to learn a few things about how to have hard conversations. I’ve talked to experts and read books on the subject, of which my favorites include High Conflict by Amanda Ripley, I Never Thought of It That Way by Mónica Guzmán, and, especially, Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler.
How to Know a Person
David Brooks
Now admittedly, said Langton, that step doesn’t always look so small, especially when you consider how fluid, spontaneous, and organic life is, and how controlled computers and other machines are. At first glance it seems ludicrous even to talk about living systems in those terms.
Complexity
M. Mitchell Waldrop
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