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To begin, it’s important to see that mediums can be designed, not just inherited. What’s more: it is possible to design new mediums which embody specific ideas.
Why Books Don't Work
andymatuschak.org
Stage Five: Reflect (Monday Morning Quarterbacking) How did that work out? Did I make things better or worse? Have I learned something new about the challenge I’m facing and about the best response? Reflecting on our response to a challenge can yield dividends for the future. It’s in learning from experience that we truly grow wiser. We can do this not only for something that just happened, but for events both big and small that have happened in the past and linger in our memories.
The Good Life
Robert J. Waldinger and Marc Schulz Ph.D
CNN is of course a popular outlet and thus the story is presented in a way that many people can relate to or remember, and that mea some oversimplification. In other words, the shallowness of many commonly told and commonly held stories is part of the price of our sociability and the need to share so much with so many other people.
Sometimes that oversimplification is a price worth paying. But let's recognize it for what it is, namely a cognitive bias that plagues how many people think about the world.
Create Your Own Economy
Tyler Cowen
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