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World-famous negotiation professor Max Bazerman tells this story about himself in his book Smart Money Decisions (which is highly recommended).
“read the poets. Hear their song. Feel the cadence. See how words convey meaning beyond their definitions. May I suggest Whitman, Sandburg and Yeats? That’s a start.”
― Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times
― Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.”
― Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
― Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
“as the AI researcher Pedro Domingos so memorably put it, “People worry that computers will get too smart and take over the world, but the real problem is that they’re too stupid and they’ve already taken over the world.”21”
― Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
― Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
“The four main neural pathways meditation transforms are, first, those for reacting to disturbing events—stress and our recovery from it (which Dan tried not so successfully to document). As we will see, the second brain system, for compassion and empathy, turns out to be remarkably ready for an upgrade. The third, circuitry for attention, Richie’s early interest, also improves in several ways—no surprise, given that meditation at its core retrains our habits of focus. The fourth neural system, for our very sense of self, gets little press in modern talk about meditation, though it has traditionally been a major target for alteration.”
― Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
― Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
“A pile of narrow intelligences will never add up to a general intelligence. General intelligence isn’t about the number of abilities, but about the integration between those abilities.”
― Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
― Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
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