I read an article from some scientist who was very much against masks and the belief that they helped prevent the spread of Covid-19. His argument was that masks didn't do anything, and were more of a comfort blanket. They were something governments mandated to show that they were "doing something". The Covid-19 virus, according... Continue Reading →
One of the things that I get asked a lot at work is to create a reports, run an analysis, or get some data so we can get visibility on XYZ, normally as a result of a question asked by a HiPPO (highest paid person in the office) because they were "curious". To these people... Continue Reading →
This was supposed to be a post on radical transparency. But an article bashing radical transparency just left me feeling so outraged with its lies and misleading statements that I just spent the last four hours of my life writing this warning to all of us media-consumers out there: Don't trust all you see, even if it... Continue Reading →
I just received a mailer from Effective Altruism, via which I do a monthly donation to charity. The mailer asked me to rate from 1 to 10, with 1 being least likely and 10 being most, how likely I would be to recommend Effective Altruism to a friend. I gave it a 10. And since... Continue Reading →
I'm halfway through reading one of the best books I've read in a long while: Misbehaving, by Richard H. Thaler. One of the things that most stuck with me was that of "supposedly irrelevant factors", which refers to something that, in theory, should not affect or influence the thinking of a rational person but does. Thaler... Continue Reading →
Like a blog post.I've been thinking all month that "I ought to update my blog", but "inspiration" didn't hit and so I just let it slide.Day after day, thinking about it; not doing anything.And then I thought, "what if I don't wait for inspiration? What if I just got out there and wrote?"Well, I did.... Continue Reading →
So how does one go about convincing the inconvincible (actually a proper word as per Webster)? Contrary to popular belief, there's no need to resort to heavy artillery. Just an interesting new tool in thinking I just learned from the book Decisive by Chip Heath (great book by the way). The tool is this question:... Continue Reading →
The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. -- Oscar Wilde Opportunity cost can help you make better decisions because it helps put your decisions in context. Costs and benefits are framed in terms of what is most important to you at the time of the decision. Every time we make... Continue Reading →
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