Your Personal 'Forever War'
Hiroo Onoda joined the Imperial Japanese Army at age twenty and made lieutenant within two years. He was a sharp
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Books Worth Reading
Curated book recommendations from The Knowledge newsletter — the best books on decision-making, psychology, productivity, and philosophy.
How the Medicis Bought Redemption
There's an ancient Florentine family that you're likely to have heard of, and undoubtedly, for the
Why "Time" Tells You Everything
It's easy to outperform in the short term. It's easy to be precocious when young, hot
Why Stephen King Failed
Way back in 2006, Duncan Watts and his colleagues at Columbia University ran an experiment with over 14,000 participants.
To Struggle is Human
To Struggle is Human Every year, as I get older, the conviction grows in me that things used to be
Therapy Is Your Religion: When healing language becomes harmful ideology
The Church of Therapy My most 'boomer' opinion is that therapy-speak has had its day. There'
Why You're Wrong About Nigeria: How small samples create big misconceptions
Base Rate Blindness I once saw a Twitter thread claiming that internet scams were extremely common and even arguably acceptable
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The Clarity Gap: Why You Make Bad Decisions
You don't make bad decisions because you're stupid; you make them because you compare your high-
Real Treasure Lies in Boring Places: Why mastery hides in the fundamentals everyone skips
Fundamentals Are Everything You can spot someone who lacks fundamentals immediately. On a basketball court at the park, you may
Your Brain Is Lying to You Right Now: Why you can't trust your own explanations
In the 1960s, two researchers, Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga, began studying patients whose corpus callosum had been severed. Think
Why Fat Tigers Stop Hunting: The trap that waits at the end of every success
When Tigers Grow Fat I watched a video of tourists feeding wild Amur tigers through thick glass panels. The tigers
