Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

On Algorithms, for Better or Worse

April 25, 2019

The Wiki definition: “In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is an unambiguous specification of how to solve a class of problems. Algorithms can perform calculation, data processing, automated reasoning, and other tasks.” In A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence,…

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Several perspectives on human intelligence

August 7, 2015

Here are several perspectives on human intelligence. “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty, because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to…

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The One-Minute Change That Will Transform Your Company

December 5, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Lisa Earle McLeod for Fast Company magazine. To read the complete article, check out other online resources, subscribe to the free Fast Company newsletter, and obtain deep discount subscription information,…

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The Trust Edge: A book review by Bob Morris

October 25, 2012

The Trust Edge: How Top Leaders Gain Faster Results, Deeper Relationships, and a Stronger Bottom Line David Horsager Free Press (2012) “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Presumably all C-level…

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A baker’s dozen of delicious quotations

April 30, 2012

As you already know, there are endless uses for quotations. Here are thirteen that caught my eye.  “When you have learned something, that always feels at first as if you’ve lost something.”  H.G. Wells “What the mothers sings to the cradle goes all the…

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The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices: A book review by Bob Morris

January 14, 2012

The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices: How the Digital Magicians of the MIT Media Lab Are Creating the Innovative Technologies That Will Transform Our Lives Frank Moss Crown Business (2011) How and why “individuals empowered with radically new technologies…can succeed in…

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