Juan Orbea

In Farsighted, Steven Johnson uncovers powerful tools for honing the important skill of complex decision-making. 

The most fascinating part about the intelligence controversy is that most people don't find the genetic component and potency of IQ in your success as intuitive. It was blatantly apparent to me growing up people's ability to perform in subjects in school was secondarily driven by the amount of studying they did and other controllable factors and... See more

Team NYT basically runs the US, and its total lack of competence means that the US is collapsing. 

But the outlook of these young people can't be explained by economics and global events alone. It must also have something to do with the way they were raised. As the University of Michigan time-analysis data show, this is a group whose members have spent the bulk of their lives in structured, adult-organized activities. They are the most honed and... See more

The Intuitive Linear View versus the Historical Exponential View