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Language models need auteurs and creative directors, not “thumbs up if you liked this personality”
“Becoming is better than being.”
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
a destructive cultural delusion: that we need more knowledge, life-hacks and productivity tips to become the people we want to be.
Daniel Kazandjian • Greatness isn't Grandiose
Social neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman points out that a leader who is both technically competent and highly personable is somewhat of a unicorn.
Daniel Casse • 3 Ways Our Brains Undermine Our Ability to Be a Good Leader
I was particularly compelled by Kusserow’s argument that so many of the characteristics we often consider “personality traits” — things like shyness, creativity, confidence, organization, and shyness — are actually “class-learned attributes.”
Anne Helen Petersen • Myths of Grit and Passion
cognitive psychology as ‘social psychology with all the interesting variables set to zero’.
Rory Sutherland • Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
we tend to overweight any positive confirming evidence and underweight any negative disconfirming evidence—a tendency that professional mind readers have exploited for ages. We see what we are looking for.
Maria Konnikova • Mastermind
Beware the Forer Effect—believing a generic statement was tailored for you.
Ken Robinson • Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life
confirmation bias is often the difference between sounding smart and being right. And sometimes something much, much worse.