Juan Orbea

I think there is an important idea hidden in [1]: while the "social technology" community has come up with many good ideas around better governance, and many good ideas around better public discussion, there is a missing emphasis on better social technology for sorting . 

"Some of the things we see as bugs might be, actually features, maybe crucial to our overall happiness...as our limitations might lead to More happiness than less".

Girard's point o departure is what he calles "mimesis," the conflict that arises when human rivals compete to differentiate themselves from each other, yet succeed only in becoming more and more alike. At certain points in the life of a society, according to Girard, this mimetic conflict erupts into a crisis in which all difference dissolves in... See more

The values of a company should be a blueprint for how to be successful in that company; the canon for how the team behaves and makes decisions. As I mentioned earlier, mitochondria aren’t just good at what they do — they best embody a company’s values. That's why you can’t just interview for competence. You need to interview for values.

The time old discussion of intelligence and its relation to morality. I like what Haier said here, that more intelligence is better. He is right to an extent, because a higher fluid intelligence increases the range of jobs you can do and problems you can solve effectively. But I believe fluid intelligence is a tool--a tool that can be used for good... See more