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Without the rigorous structure that math provides, common sense can lead you astray. That’s what happened to the officers who wanted to armor the parts of the planes that were already strong enough. But formal mathematics without common sense—without the constant interplay between abstract reasoning and our intuitions about quantity, time, space, motion, behavior, and uncertainty—would just be a sterile exercise in rule-following and bookkeeping. In other words, math would actually be what the peevish calculus student believes it to be.
How Not to Be Wrong : The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Ellenberg, Jordan
When you’re faced with an important meeting or a chat with a major client, jot down the ideas you want to communicate, and plan a couple of strategies for getting them across.
The Pragmatic Programmer
Andrew Hunt;David Thomas
Plus, the person capable of recognizing and executing $10,000-per-hour tasks is usually bored stiff by $10-per-hour work. The fastest way to find more $1,000-per-hour opportunities is to simply get somebody else to do your $10-per-hour jobs.
80/20 Sales and Marketing
Perry Marshall
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