Laura Pike Seeley
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Laura Pike Seeley
Ambivalent relationships are unpredictable. With a clear enemy, you put up a shield when you cross paths. With a frenemy, you never know whether Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde is going to show up.
Adam Grant • Opinion | Your Most Ambivalent Relationships Are the Most Toxic
research on intellectual humility has exploded in the past 10 years. Psychologists now have many different ways to assess intellectual humility. Social scientists know that possessing a high level of intellectual humility is associated with multiple positive outcomes, like having more empathy, more prosocial behavior, reduced susceptibility to... See more
Eranda Jayawickreme • Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker
one of the latest big theories in neuroscience says that humans are fundamentally creatures of prediction, and not only is creativity not at odds with that, but it actually goes hand in hand with improving our predictive power. Life itself, in this view, is one big process of creatively optimizing prediction as a survival strategy in a universe... See more
Oshan Jarow • Your mind needs chaos
Research published in Scientific Reports suggests how you perceive the passage of time is related to the amount of new perceptual information you absorb. When you're young, so many things seem new, and your brain has more to process. That makes the passage of time feel longer; as you get older, relatively little seems new, which means your brain... See more
Want to Feel You're Living a Longer, Fuller Life? Neuroscience Says Making Denser Memories Is the Best Way to Slow the Passage of Time
It’s human nature to tackle obstacles head-on, but this often results in us banging our heads against the wall or feeling completely paralyzed. The secret of hackers is that instead of avoiding or confronting the bottlenecks that lie in their way, they work around them.
Why Managers Should Think More Like Hackers
Into all problem-solving, a little dissent must fall
mckinsey.com
There are two factions working to prevent AI dangers. Here’s why they’re deeply divided.
Kelsey Pipervox.com
One of the most important aspects of these workbooks is the remarkable sense of process they provide—not only are the projects they’re concerned with in process, the books themselves are process, and as such unworked. This contrasts with the completed works, as well as with the name that underwrites them. In order to create something, Bergman had... See more