Why do smart people have stupid beliefs?
Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things Dan Ariely 2023 “The individual journey that people take down the...
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Dan Connors
May 314 min read
Hidden Potential
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things Adam M. Grant 2023 “It’s often said that where there’s a will, there’s a...
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Dan Connors
May 265 min read
Flukes and why the tiniest things could make the biggest difference later on.
Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters Brian Klaas 2024 “Once you accept that entangled existence, it becomes clear...
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Dan Connors
May 194 min read
Can the Supreme Court be fixed?
“When the votes of justices in controversial cases can be predicted at the outset, constitutional law simply becomes partisan politics by...
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Dan Connors
May 134 min read
The Big Myth
The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway 2024 "The...
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Dan Connors
May 103 min read
The Waterfall Effect- why does falling water make us feel so good?
“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” ― Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist and educator Have you ever stood...
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Dan Connors
May 63 min read
Are we insured against what's coming next?
"Insurance is there for natural disasters like floods, fires, or storms. But climate change means that natural disasters are hitting...
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Dan Connors
May 45 min read
The best television show of all time? Maybe.
“...the worst aspect of our time is prejudice... In almost everything I've written, there is a thread of this - man's seemingly palpable...
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Dan Connors
Apr 273 min read
Wild Horses of the Ozark Mountains
"Wild horses don't know the burning taste of the whips. Freedom protects us from the many evils! "Mehmet Murat Ildan "A horse loves...
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Dan Connors
Apr 266 min read
Languishing and Flourishing- the new mental health dichotomy.
Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down Corey Keyes 2024 "Languishing is the neglected middle child of...
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Dan Connors
Apr 254 min read
Wreaths for dead veterans? How about better care for living ones?
“All day, every day a screaming agony in every nerve ending in my body. It is nothing short of torture. My mind is a wasteland, filled...
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Dan Connors
Apr 205 min read
Who is in control? How about nobody?
"The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because it is more...
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Dan Connors
Jan 254 min read
The top 10 tax filing mistakes and how to avoid them
"Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income-tax form than it does to make the income." Alfred E. Newman As a CPA and...
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Dan Connors
Jan 205 min read
Learning from our mitsakes- there is a right way to be wrogn.
Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well Amy C. Edmondson 2023 “As golf champion Yani Tseng puts it, “You always learn...
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Dan Connors
Jan 147 min read
Is Google Making Us Stupid? 10 Google secrets that will help users everywhere.
"Don't be evil." Google's guiding principle in its early years. Removed from its code of conduct in 2018 We all take Google searches...
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Dan Connors
Jan 66 min read
2023- A year in live entertainment
"My preference is live performance, because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like...
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Dan Connors
Jan 15 min read
Advice on Aging from a 90+ year old national treasure
Keep Moving: And Other Truths About Living Well Longer Dick Van Dyke 2015 “I am a child in search of his inner adult, though the...
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Dan Connors
Dec 30, 20237 min read
Notes on Sin City- Las Vegas
“Las Vegas is sort of like how God would do it if he had money.” – Steve Wynn. "Of all the major destination towns in the U.S., Las Vegas...
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Dan Connors
Dec 26, 20235 min read
Is Democracy Dying?
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson “Authoritarians rise when economic, social, political, or...
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Dan Connors
Nov 29, 20235 min read
Feeling stuck? Try this book
Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most Adam Alter 2023 “The optimal failure rate to stay motivated- and...
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