Category Archives: Toolkit

GMO Foods and Climate Change

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

I generally like equal-opportunity ignorance bashing, so this article comparing the far-Left’s rejection of Genetically modified foods with the far-Rights rejection of climate change science caught my eye: I used to think that nothing rivaled the misinformation spewed by climate change … Continue reading →

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Thinking Like a Fokkusu

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Interesting article about how thinking in a foreign language can help eliminate various cognitive biases: A series of experiments on more than 300 people from the U.S. and Korea found that thinking in a second language reduced deep-seated, misleading biases … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 8, 2012 by

There’s an interesting trend going on right now, and I’m struggling with exactly what to call it. In at least three seperate, widely diverse incidents, there’s been a pattern where: a) A set of documents is leaked from a person … Continue reading →

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Lateral Thinking

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

I went skiing this weekend and saw an incredible innovation on the chair lifts. Instead of “No littering” signs that will inevitably be ignored, two of the chair lifts had these: It’s a pretty brilliant redirection – instead of trying … Continue reading →

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Hedgehogs will believe anything

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

This study (via the Atlantic) is both pretty clever and hilarious : METHODOLOGY: To see if conspiracy views were strong enough to lead to inconsistencies, a team of University of Kent psychologists in the U.K. asked 137 college students if Princess … Continue reading →

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Markets for Foxes

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

I am a huge believer in the power of markets – not in the laissez faire sense, but in the “Wisdom of Crowds” sense. Markets are fantastic predictors of future events, and are pretty much the best way we have … Continue reading →

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Words and Leadership

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

From the start, the Penn State sex abuse sex scandal has been an object lesson in the importance of leadership. Real leadership is about the willingness to confront unpleasant truths and take responsibility for seeing that they are resolved. Quite … Continue reading →

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Volunteer

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

A friend posted this article for MLK day, and I thought it was an interesting take on volunteerism. Going out to paint a school or volunteer at a soup kitchen is all well and good - but for adults with valuable skills … Continue reading →

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Not in Kansas

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

I went to college in the mid 2000′s and the negative stereotype of the “douchey frat-guy” was well-established.  So it would always kind of baffle me when I would sit down in class behind a guy that was, wearing three pastel … Continue reading →

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There may be atheists in foxholes, but it’s not recommended

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

I thought this article on the positive effects of religion in combating PTSD was interesting. On ships you don’t really get anywhere near combat on deployment, but readjusting to the “real world” can definitely be a challenge. I’m religious myself and have … Continue reading →

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