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We have some very big challenges ahead. We need to ensure that people are prepared for our ever-increasing technological prowess (e.g., the ever-increasing expansion of human knowledge), and ensure that those advances improve quality of life across society—not just for a privileged few.
Gerry Valentine • The Thriving Mindset: Tools for Empowerment in a Disruptive World
We all spend time on the low rungs: ⬥ In case you’re thinking, “I’m a really smart person, so I’m safe from the low rungs,” Adam Grant has bad news for you: “Research reveals that the higher you score on an IQ test, the more likely you are to fall for stereotypes, because you’re faster at recognizing patterns. And recent experiments suggest that th
... See moreTim Urban • What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies
I dove into work showing that highly credentialed experts can become so narrow-minded that they actually get worse with experience, even while becoming more confident—a dangerous combination. And I was stunned when cognitive psychologists I spoke with led me to an enormous and too often ignored body of work demonstrating that learning itself is bes
... See moreDavid Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
What separates twenty-first-century humans from their cave-dwelling ancestors isn’t raw intellectual power but a good curriculum.
Brian Christian • The Alignment Problem
We need to re-think our traditional view of what it means to gain an education. Education is no longer just something you acquire in early life. The pace of change causes old skills to become obsolete more quickly than ever before. We now need to think of education as a dynamic, life-long process of continually cultivating Intellectual Capital. •Ir
... See moreGerry Valentine • The Thriving Mindset: Tools for Empowerment in a Disruptive World
Helping students to develop states of mind conducive to different kinds of learning, specifically using their intuitive as well as rational selves. 5 Encouraging learners to understand which tools tend to help in certain situations and how to know when to use these. 6 Providing students with effective strategies for learning and working collaborati
... See moreBill Lucas • New Kinds of Smart
Intelligence means knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do.
—Jean Piaget
True intelligence manifests in the ability to navigate uncertainty and solve novel problems. When faced with unfamiliar situations, intelligent behavior involves:
• Recognizing patterns from past experiences
• Adapting existing knowledge to new contexts
• Developing creat
... See more- DR has commoditized “thesis development” and “market research” in VC so larger AUM and more resources no longer an advantage
- Everyone will rely on the same research and converge on the same opportunities (defencetech! agents! )
- To outperform, VCs will make “irrational” decisions based on non-quantifiable “gut-feel” (crypto again?, rocket cargo? tem
data-driven VC is over
When I'm in the Bay Area, like the people here to me are the smartest people I've ever met on average. Most ambitious, dynamic, and smartest, like by a clear grand slam compared to New York City or London or anywhere.
That's awesome. And I love it. But I think a side result of that is that people here overvalue intelligence and their models of the w
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