We perceive the same events differently and build slightly different world models, which in turn influence our perception.
We excuse ourselves easier than we forgive others. We often do not notice our own deficiencies and mistakes and are surprised that other people take offense and resent us or misunderstand us at least. We excuse ourselves by taking into account our intentions and judge others by the results of their (in)actions.
Search algorithms were introduced to help users to find the most relevant information. And they did a good job and continue to do it now…. if the information you seek is not in the realm of the interests of big players.
The business-style leadership becomes cynical if pushed too far. Not everything is just a business. Integrity and trust matter. Without them, the society falls apart. Those cold-headed-and-calculating cynics are free riders on the back of the honest majority. But they will go under as everybody else as soon as the invisible soft social infrastructure cracks.
Life wisdom comes to each of us only with time, after one tried everything he dared, and failed, and succeeded, and failed again.
Fair competition is great. But it is based on the assumption that the starting conditions for the competitors were fair too. Well, how often this assumption is correct in the real life?
Why is he so enigmatic and still so appealing? Is it because of his monsters? Or because of his scary images of consequences for the sinful behavior? Or his bold assessment that our well-established order just does not make sense? We are all in his paintings even if we do not want to acknowledge it.
His name is usually associated with something negative. However, he was in fact not a machiavellian (in the typical modern meaning) at all. Let us look into the historical context and see what drove him to write his famous book The Prince.
Quantum physics is different from the classical one and surrounded by many myths, one of which is that it is not understandable, which is not true. The source of the problem and its resolution are in what “understandable” means.
Magic pill. It does what countless hours of traditional treatment could not achieve – relieves a patient from a fear of his own memory about a terrifying event. The trick is to administer it at the right moment.
We have a model of the world in our mind. It guides us and helps to plan ahead. But it tends to grow beyond what we need for the task at hand and takes the resources that might be needed for the survival. Does it weaken us as a species? Professor Hoffman thinks so.