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Gillian Morris • Introducing Supernuclear: A guide to Coliving
Good Judgment Project.
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
deleterious
Arthur C. Brooks • From Strength to Strength
Choice architecture (described as “Libertarian Paternalism” by its advocates) seems to merely dress up authoritarian high-modernism with a thin coat of caution and empirical experimentation. The basic and dangerous “I am more scientific/rational than thou” paternalism is still the central dogma.
Venkatesh Rao • A Big Little Idea Called Legibility
FIGURE 10-7: THE PARETO
Nate Silver • The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
As Burke said in describing his early years in Albany, “Murphy delegates to the point of anarchy.”7
William Thorndike • The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
THE PEOPLE QUESTION
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Survivors determine the future. Ruthless, but effective. But biologists