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The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley Eric Weiner Simon & Schuster (2016) This is one of the books I re-read wholly for pleasure, its insights even more valuable…
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The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley Eric Weiner Simon & Schuster (2016) NOTE: I think this is the perfect holiday gift for those who have an insatiable curiosity…
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The Genius Checklist: Nine Paradoxical Tips on How You can Become a Creative Genius Dean Keith Simonton MIT Press (October 2018) How to co-create “a cultural florescence most worthy of posterity’s admiration” What seems to be Dean Keith Simonton’s working…
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Idea Makers: Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Some Notable People Stephen Wolfram Wolfram Media, Inc. (July 2017) An intellectual feast to which you are cordially invited Most of these personal perspectives are provided in the form of…
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Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement Rich Karlgaard Currency (April 16, 2019) Some ugly ducklings become beautiful swans just as some clumsy swans become high-flying ducks Rich Karlgaard defines a late bloomer “as…
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In Possible Minds, George Dyson is one of 25 thought leaders who address the promise and peril of AI. Here are his thoughts about what he views as the three laws of AI: “The first, known as Ashby’s Law, after…
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Pursuit of Genius: Flexner, Einstein, and the Early Faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study Steve Batterson A K Peters/CRC Press (2006) The birth and early years of a truly unique intellectual community I recently re-read and now review a…
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster (2014) For so many of those involved with collaborative, breakthrough innovations, “Bliss was in that dawn to be alive.” What we…
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Gamify: How Gamification Motivates People to Do Extraordinary Things Brian Burke Bibliomotion (2014) How and why focusing on gamification can help organizations to motivate their people to achieve shared goals I was introduced to game theory when I enrolled in…
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What is game theory?
I am deeply grateful to Adam Hayes for providing an excellent response to this question. Here is a brief excerpt from his article for Investopedia in which he explains the basics of game theory. * * * Game theory is…
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