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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
As they say, demography is destiny
Via Business Insider: “The number of people in the normal "working age" category (usually 15-64 years old) will go negative in 2016.”Read more:...
The First Principles Method
Via 99u, some thoughts from Elon Muisk on drilling down for ideas, : …boil things down to the most fundamental truths…and then reason up from there. Click the link to see more: How Elon Musk Thinks: The First Principles Method - 99U It starts at 22:38 of the...
Catcher in the Rye dropped from US school curriculum
Via The Telegraph: Books such as JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird will be replaced by "informational texts" approved by the Common Core State Standards. Suggested non-fiction texts include Recommended Levels of Insulation by the...
Replace people with robots
Via Business Insider: Credit Suisse's analysts argue the that industrial automation — when humans workers are replaced by robots — is a bullish long-term economic theme as it boosts productivity. … Credit Suisse argues that the underpenetration in the emerging markets...
Replace people with robots
Via Business Insider: Credit Suisse's analysts argue the that industrial automation — when humans workers are replaced by robots — is a bullish long-term economic theme as it boosts productivity. … Credit Suisse argues that the underpenetration in the emerging markets...
Questioning the 10,000 Hour Rule
Via Business Insider: Dedication and talent mean a great deal, but how you go about learning something can mean just as much. Technology, technique, and definition narrow the places where the 10,000 hour rule applies. 10,000 Hour Rule - Business Insider Points:...
Questioning the 10,000 Hour Rule
Via Business Insider: Dedication and talent mean a great deal, but how you go about learning something can mean just as much. Technology, technique, and definition narrow the places where the 10,000 hour rule applies. 10,000 Hour Rule - Business Insider Points:...
Vatican Institutes Sweeping New Security Measures In Response To Scandal
Via Business Insider: Vatican clergy and employees will be issued with an identity card complete with a microchip-tracking device in sweeping new security measures designed to prevent a repeat of the Vatileaks scandal. Vatican Institutes Sweeping New Security Measures...