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WHY MANAGERS MICROMANAGE1/ They superstitiously believe that their successes of the past was caused by an attention to details (whereas it’s random correlation)2/ They are afraid to be clear on

ON GETTING MOTIVATION – OPTIMIZE FOR BITE-SIZED IMPROVEMENTSI can pinpoint very clearly the moment in which you lost motivation: the moment you stopped receiving clues that you were improving.(thread, 1/N)

A REVIEW OF BAD ARGUMENTS AGAINST FACE MASKS1/ They don't fully protect you from virus in the air.Yes, but their point is to prevent as much virus as possible from

WHY DO WE ENGAGE IN SELF-HARM?The reason is that we do not seek survival, but what feels like survival.Any action that produces the same neurochemicals that we associate to pro-survival

WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT LONGEVITY FROM THE ELDER THAN FROM THE ELDEST (thread)Yesterday, I read about a 392-years-old sharkMolson, in the thread below, correctly points out:- can be studied

We live in a MIMETIC SOCIETY, in which right and wrong are largely determined by what others do, can do, and are expected to do. Imitation is the norm.It seems

PRINCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND OUR MIND:1) Our mind is an ensemble of parallel, bottom-up processes. It cannot be described as a single top-down process, even if this is how we perceive

THE MIMETIC SINGULARITYImitation is a good survival strategy in societies with skin in the game, for only the "good" behaviors survive and remain visible to be copied.What happens, though, when

Leaked documents from the European CDC meeting of the 18th of February (a week before Italy put some cities in quarantine) show that the ECDC evaluated the risks for the

THE FALSE REGULATION DICHOTOMYThe few nursing homes in Lombardy that disobeyed the orders of the regional government avoided a tragedy. Those that followed them, survived.Is it necessary to relay on

THE TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM (TPS)In this thread, I will explain the most relevant practices that are part of the TPS, with a huge focus on their problem solving approach and

Conditional on our civilization surviving another 100 years, there will be things that today we take granted that will seem dumb stupid:- Lack of skin in the game- Binary education