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• "Against the backdrop of the evolution of media and its powerful gathering of news material and data,..."

  
  Leftover Takeout — Authority: 433
  “Against the backdrop of the evolution of media and its powerful gathering of news material and data, all of the world’s happenings are trimmed like a lawn by a mower, with fragments of information flying about from place to place through the media as grass flies through the air. These broken pieces of information ...
  3 days ago

• Taleb on the IMF “Expert Problem” and How to Avoid Charlatans

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 640
  Recently attending a conference in Korea, author of The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb, was enraged to be on a panel with an IMF deputy managing director. The reason? The presenter had the gall to show IMF projections beginning in 2010 and continuing all the way through until 2014. As Taleb put it, “I told the ...
  6 days ago

• The man who predicted the financial crisis, Part III

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 730
  I’m not an aggressive consumer of financial journalism, so it has to be something of a coincidence that I’ve come across three separate items that chronicle the dark predictions of three separate men who warned of an impending financial crisis. The first two are discussed below. The third is Nassim ...
  1 week ago

• Hedge funds “a good thing”, says Taleb

  
  Hedge Hub — Authority: 132
  Regulators are going after the wrong target by trying to impose stricter rules on hedge funds, according to Nassim Nicholas Taleb , high-profile author of credit crisis hit The Black Swan. Taking a decidedly negative view of banks, Taleb told the Hedge 2009 conference in London today that a bank is essentially ...
  1 week ago

• Report Card 2.0-- 32 Traits of Creative People

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 121
  Robert Alan Black Ph.D. lists 32 Traits of Creative People . I wonder if these might not make an interesting framework for a report card. Call it the report of the future, or Report Card 2.0. sensitive not motivated by money sense of destiny adaptable tolerant of ambiguity observant ...
  4 weeks ago

• Preventing and Rethinking Black Swans

  
  Lone Gunman — Authority: 515
  On my recent travels to eastern Australia I was lucky enough to see a black swan . This got me thinking of the other type of black swan —specifically, two items I’ve read in the recent past: Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world (via Kottke , pdf ): What is fragile ...
  4 weeks ago

• Educations New Map

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 121
  I rarely read books on Education. Why you ask?  Several reasons. First, I feel my value to the education community is the different mindset or approach I bring to the field. If everybody is thinking the same thing or thinking in the same way, then innovation is less likely. Second, as has been famously said, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Do We Limit Our Childrens Creativity?

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 121
  Do we limit our childrens creativity? Take a look at this short clip about one childs creativity and the reactions from parents, teachers, and doctors. I think you will find it thought provoking. Watch This: Rob Jacobs
  4 weeks ago

• How Important Is It For Educators To Have "Vital Friends" At School?

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 121
  Tom Rath , author of the great book Vital Friends , conducted a massive study on the power and impact of friendships, especially friends in the workplace. Tom asks a series of interesting questions… " Educating oneself is the foundation of our learning systems, and it’s obviously a worthwhile pursuit. ...
  4 weeks ago

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