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Human minds have many irrational preferences: we love to speculate about wild and crazy innovations but cannot be bothered to fix common challenges by relying on practical innovation waiting to be implemented. Why do we not improve the boarding of planes rather than delude ourselves with visions of hyperloop trains and eternal life?
Numbers Don't Lie
Vaclav Smil
To an unnecessary extent, the prolonged fight was driven by emotions and resentments. Instead, Doudna and Zhang could have followed the example of Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce of Intel who, after five years of wrangling, agreed to share the patent rights for the microchip by cross-licensing their intellectual property to each other and splitting the royalties, which helped the microchip business grow exponentially and define a new age of technology. Unlike the CRISPR contestants, Noyce and Kilby obeyed an all-important business maxim: *Don’t fight over divvying up the proceeds until you finish robbing the stagecoach*.
The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson
Charisma is the combination of high warmth and high competence.
WARMTH CUES: Tilting, Nodding, Eyebrow Raise, Savor Smiles, Touch, Mirroring.
COMPETENCE CUES: Power Posture, Flexed Lid, Steeple, Explanatory Gestures, Palm Flash.
CHARISMA CUES (Warmth + Competence): Leaning, Fronting, Anti-Blocking, Space Smarts, Gaze.
DANGER ZONE (Low Warmth, Low Competence): Distancing, Self-Soothing, Blocking, Shame, Bothered Face.
Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication
Vanessa Van Edwards
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