The New York Times

The Republican Fausts

February 5, 2017

Over the years, I have relied on a few journalists to help me navigate my way through the forces and events that resemble a fog in everyday life. David Brooks is one of them. His mind reminds me of a Swiss…

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Why “1984” Is a 2017 Must-Read

January 30, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Michio Kakutani featured in The New York Times (January 26, 2017), one of the media sources reviled daily by the current occupant of the Oval Office. To read the complete article…

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Payoff: A book review by Bob Morris

January 19, 2017

Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations Dan Ariely TED Books (November 2016) How and why people can have perpetual energy by investing in “a sense of connection, meaning, ownership, and long-term thinking” In Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded…

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Avid Reader: A book review by Bob Morris

January 13, 2017

Avid Reader: A Life Robert Gottlieb Farrah, Straus and Giroux (2016) Self-portrait of a remarkable life that continues to be driven and nourished by reading Since childhood, Robert Gottlieb has been an avid reader of books and those who write…

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The Undoing Project: A book review by Bob Morris

January 6, 2017

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds Michael Lewis W.W. Norton & Company (2016) A brilliant analysis of how two world-famous psychologists could – and did — “undo” so many misconceptions about human error I have read and…

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Yuchun Lee (C.E.O. and co-founder of Allego) in “The Corner Office”

January 3, 2017

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Yuchun Lee, CEO and co-founder…

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Who was Amos Tversky and why is he significant?

December 21, 2016

Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky (above) are the focal point of Michael Lewis’s latest book, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds, published by W.W. Norton & Company (December 2016). Tversky was a cognitive psychologist who changed the…

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Max Levchin (CEO and a founder of Affirm) in “The Corner Office”

December 14, 2016

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Max Levchin, Affirm, an online…

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Abe Ankumah (chief executive of Nyansain) in “The Corner Office”

December 12, 2016

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Abe Ankumah, Nyansa, a network…

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John Lilly (a partner at Greylock Partners) in “The Corner Office”

December 10, 2016

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of John Lilly, a partner at…

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