… books
101 Essays that will Change the Way You Think, Brianna Wiest
Creativity Inc., Ed Catmull
The Undoing Project, Michael Lewis
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader, Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
Steve Jobs, Walter Issacson
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
1984, George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
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… papers
How to Do Great Work
- When deciding what to make your life’s work, optimize for what genuinely interests you. “The work you choose needs to have three qualities: it has to be something you have a natural aptitude for, that you have a deep interest in, and that offers scope to do great work.”
Motivated Skepticistm in the Evaluation of Political Beliefs
- Humans are biased information processors—when given a pros and cons list on a policy they support (i.e. gun control) participants blindly accepted the supporting arguments (pros) and instinctively provided counterarguments to the arguments against the policy (cons).
Biased Assimilation and Attitude Polarization: The Effects of Prior Theories on Subsequently Considered Evidence
- People with strong opinions on complex social issues tend to examine evidence in a biased way, accepting "confirming" evidence and critically evaluating "discontinuing" evidence, leading to an increase in polarization rather than a narrowing of disagreement.