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(1/2) Analysis by John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times shows efforts to include women have been effective in some respects. But now the pendulum is swinging the other way and the data corroborates with the frustration of men who feel “left behind”, which leads to extreme viewpoints. Which is why I

The Learned Helplessness Experiment was a part of most High Schools in the 1980s. It is no longer taught on any scale.

Growing up I froze around math or number-adjacent topics & made every attempt to avoid it an academic setting. Entering the workforce however, I sought ways to overcome this & have come to intuitively use math in parts of my work - from perf analytics to tracing fund movements in

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Hits home cause I grew up in a “let’s be a helpful, well-intentioned elder” environment and I’ve definitely been guilty of being too cutting or a know-it-all in the work place. The tough parts about being “unintentionally” stressful or critical when your intention is to help, is

Ai is going to be revolutionary in the educational sector, as it removes the volatile factors in pedagogy - (1) inconsistent teaching knowledge and styles (2) impatient but well-intentioned teachers losing their shit when kids “don’t understand” the material for the 100th time.

A new law in Singapore gives gig workers injury compensation and retirement benefits. Some workers fear that the higher costs for businesses may mean lower earnings for them New from Nicholas Yong restofworld.org/2024/singapore…

The success of Alibaba's Qwen has been a surprising turnaround for the Chinese AI industry, which many thought was doomed by semiconductor restrictions and limitations on computing power restofworld.org/2024/alibaba-q…

Musings on the best essay. No need for *my* flimsy attempt at an (unnecessarily long for X) "thoughtful" blurb from me. Paul Graham just does the job with his essays! I am rather inspired by his musings and his format for my own writing... Now back to the breadth and depth...

When I talk to students they often think that if they want to start a startup one day they should be learning about economics or finance. I tell them they should instead be learning how to build things. Building is the root.

“I wish you all ample doses of pain and suffering”. Yup, I agree!

Cool, academically-informed work by ReD associates, and my university classmate Maria Cury, on a consultant's role as ethnographer and the need for ethnographers to embrace / utilize the friction from internal stakeholders as opportunities. To quote: - First, we suggest a mindset

As someone who’s launched 7 payment methods E2E, this guide is a rather comprehensive start to an RFP process and if you’re an up-and-coming product manager who wants to learn more. Having launched and maintained a few bank transfer type payment methods, I wish for a chance to

Revisited one of my favorite newsletters by Gergely Orosz as it resonated so deeply. I've seen the transition from wartime to peacetime firsthand, and how business choices, product development, and code practices has evolved due to this mindset shift. Highly recommend: