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How the Ivy League Broke America
Intelligence is not the same as effectiveness.
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
By focusing on only those parts of the forest that seemed instrumental to their uses, the planners failed to see the forest accurately. In trying to standardize and control the growth process, the planners murdered the trees.
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
to work in isolation is the death of all of us.
Any body we identify is not a single object but a collective of tiny objects or particles.
If the relationships are not recognised before taking action, you might end up doing more harm than good.
Possessing agility helps you make good judgments in real time. The neuroscientist John Coates used to be a financial trader. During the bull-market surges that preceded big crashes, Coates noticed that the traders who went on to suffer huge losses had gotten overconfident in ways that were physically observable. They flexed their muscles and even w... See more
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
I recongise when I have gotten a win, I become more confident (no surprise there). But also I’ve been told by others I’m acting cocky.
Is this true? I don’t think it is, because I lack confidence and self esteem normally. I feel it’s not something people are used to seeing.
But if they are right, then John Coates’ observation will serve as a reminder to pay more attention to my mind and body, not just when I feel low/sad, but also when I feel strong, confident which could possibly mean I’m overconfident and could affect my next moves.
For instance, Princeton’s unofficial motto is “In the nation’s service and the service of humanity”—and yet every year, about a fifth of its graduating class decidesto serve humanity by going into banking or consulting or some other well-remunerated finance job.
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
One observational study that followed four children between the ages of 14 months and 5 years found that they made an average of 107 inquiries an hour.
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
What was that like for the researchers, the parents, the kids. Are the researchers a part of the kids’ childhood memories? in what capacity?
Researchers at the University of Chicago and Stanford measured America’s economic growth per person from 1960 to 2010 and concluded that up to two-fifths of America’s increased prosperity during that time can be explained by better identification and allocation of talent.
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
I once asked a tech CEO how he hires people. He told me that after each interview, he asks himself, “Is this person a force of nature? Do they have spark, willpower, dedication?” A successful meritocracy will value people who see their lives as a sacred mission
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
Social engineers
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
Talent and even effort cannot, as the UCLA Law School professor Joseph Fishkin has observed, “be isolated from circumstances of birth.”