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🔑 decision, consensus, voting, community || ✅ Making decisions by consensus takes more time than voting, but is more likely to be accepted and followed....

🔑 question || ✅ Asking dumb questions can often provoke answers of greater value than smart ones....

🔑 value, esthetic, quality || ✅ Quality lies very much in the eye of the beholder....

🔑 happiness, meaning || ✅ The best taste is when you combine flavours into a sundae; don't stick to plain vanilla or chocolate only....

🔑 map, territory, fallacy, model || ✅ "Don't mistake the finger pointing to the moon for the moon itself." ...

🔑 social media, downfall, opportunity, Mastodon || ✅ The promise of the internet in its early days, was quickly hijacked by self-serving, commercial interests. The free fall that Facebook and Twitter are now in, offers hope for a renewal of the early aspirations....

🔑 choice, decision, default || ✅ We want to see the full menu even though we already know what we want. ...

➡️ 𝕌𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 -- Most of us struggle with making sense of numbers and data. Charts are the most common method of making numerical data understandable. Like all tools, they can be used for education just as well as for misinformation. Here's a common example of how bar graphs can manipulate the viewer's judgment....

Rules of thumb (heuristics) can be better than algorithms. Uncertainty is a constant feature of life. Algorithms provide maps for navigating the seas of chance. Complex situations often involve handling many choices and making appropriate decisions. When the number of possibilities becomes too large for our minds to handle, complicated, mathematically-derived pathways can be implemented. Heuristics are simple rules-of-thumb, derived from experience over years. They can often be more effective th...

Articles for October 2022...

Till very recently, neuroscientists clung to the belief that the fully formed adult brain was incapable of further change. We now know that this is not true. The brain exhibits a remarkable capacity for change: a property that is labelled "neuroplasticity". Many stimuli invoke and propel this fantastic power. Neuroscientific research shows that kindness, compassion and generosity rewire the brain, making it more resilient to the challenges of everyday life....

Moving upwards in your career often involves looking for and finding new jobs. Five issues need to be weighed before committing to a new position. Change, for its own sake, might have a downside that needs careful consideration....