Jennifer Baez
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Jennifer Baez
Balancing the national economy will require new macro-economic models that combine economic, financial, social and ecological variables. Models such as LowGrow SFC (developed by T.J. and P.A.V.), EUROGREEN and MEDEAS are already being used to project the impacts of degrowth policies, including redistributive taxes, universal public services
... See moreJason Hickel • Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help
By delaying the task of fleshing out and firming up the speech, King allowed Jones to benefit from the Zeigarnik effect. In 1927, Russian psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik demonstrated that people have a better memory for incomplete than complete tasks. (Page 99)
Adam Grant • Originals – Adam Grant
In the era of the institutional marriage, from the nation’s founding until around 1850, the prevalence of individual farming households meant that the main requirements Americans had for their marriage revolved around things like food production, shelter and protection from violence.
In the era of the companionate marriage, from roughly 1850 until
... See moreEli J. Finkel • Opinion | The All-or-Nothing Marriage (Published 2014)
Perhaps the most striking thing I learned is that the answer to whether today’s marriages are better or worse is “both”: The average marriage today is weaker than the average marriage of yore, in terms of both satisfaction and divorce rate, but the best marriages today are much stronger, in terms of both satisfaction and personal well-being, than
... See moreEli J. Finkel • Opinion | The All-or-Nothing Marriage (Published 2014)
Emergence occurs when an entity is determined to have properties its parts do not have on their own these properties emerge only when the parts interact within a wider whole
August Bradley • Systems Thinking Intro – Notion Productivity Series
LatAm has produced world-class, multi-geo companies across categories: Fintech (NU), Gaming (Wildlife), Auto Commerce (Kavak), Real Estate (Quinto Andar), Creators (Hotmart), Wellness (Gympass). These are not copycats, they are BENCHMARKS. The future is being built in LatAm
Shu Nyattatwitter.comHorizon Three is a presently held articulation of viable and desired potential futures, and the values they grow from, discovered as current seedlings of developing potential.
HUni • Seeing and Thinking in Three Horizons | H3Uni
With it comes something that often goes overlooked: Do not aim to be coldly rational when making financial decisions. Aim to just be pretty reasonable. Reasonable is more realistic and you have a better chance of sticking with it for the long run, which is what matters most when managing money.