stuff I should have posted long time ago

stuff I should have posted long time ago...are they related? I forgot.

1. Let’s admit, we are all arrogant farts, we are all racists (google Implicit Association Test, try it, and find out why)...so if we want to continue to fake it (till we make it, hopefully), there’s work to do and things to bear in mind...

2. Read John Kay’s article Kudos for The Contrarian here

highlight:
…when people said, “We really want you to challenge our ideas,” they mostly did not. They wanted instead to be congratulated on their wisdom. Similarly, when they ask, “What is going to happen?” they seek reaffirmation and reassurance rather than insight into the future.

…people preferred to be told they were right than to be told what would happen.

…a good story is more compelling than the search for truth. The American political scientist, Philip Tetlock, has studied the prognostications of pundits over several decades. He finds that the better known the forecaster, the less accurate the forecast...

…Business people, politicians and journalists value clarity and certainty of view more highly than acknowledgement of the uncertainty of a complex world. But it is mostly people who appreciate that complexity who have worthwhile things to say about the future.

3. Do you remember?
The last time you felt humiliated because one person insensitively harshly sarcastically pointed out your stupidity or the hole on your integrity?
Write a note to thank him/her. Now.

4. There was a quote...by Friedrich Hayek if my memory's right (but couldn't find it anymore)...roughly means: "...the problem with social sciences...is that human beings who propose theories also have the ability to change the reality/results..." It seems to me then, there's no right or wrong theory, only theories that are made reality and those that are not.