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The Ignorance of the Masses Cancels Out the Knowledgeable Minority
This is a guest post by Stephen Shapiro. It originally appeared on his website. You can preview his Mindscaling course here. Crowdsourcing has always been a popular method of problem solving. In a nutshell, crowdsourcing is when you ask a large group of people (the crowd) for their answers to a question. Polling and surveys ...
If There Are No Monsters in the Closet, Why Am I Still Afraid?
Hello and welcome back to our newsletter! Last week I was writing about why we can’t pay attention, and also wondering who would make it to the end of my article. Turns out, many of you did, after taking a few breaks along the way. This week I’ve got conspiracy theories on my mind. Why ...
How to Handle Burnout Symptoms
Transcript: We all know that some stress is good for you, right? I mean, performers and athletes claim that stress keeps their skills sharp and motivates them to achieve their personal best. Stress is the subject of plenty of scientific research. The Yerkes–Dodson law is just one piece of data that illustrates how performance increases ...
How to Develop Leaders Who Put People First
Picture this: You step into a workplace where employees aren’t just clocking in and out—they feel genuinely seen, heard, and valued. It’s not impossible. In fact, it’s very much within reach when you have human-centered leaders at the helm. The most effective leaders aren’t the ones who command authority; they’re the ones who lead with ...
How To Build Learning That Actually Changes Behavior
Most learning programs don’t fall apart because the content is bad. In fact, a lot of it is pretty good. Where things tend to go sideways is much earlier, at the design stage. Courses get assigned, platforms get rolled out, and completion rates look great on paper. But day to day, not much actually changes. ...
How to Ask More Powerful Questions
Transcript: In 1965, a guy named Dewayne Douglas, he was the football coach at the University of Florida, he watched his players run around in sweat and drink gallons of water for hours in the hot Florida sunshine and he squinted up into the sun one day and he wondered out loud to himself, why ...
