The Curse of Knowledge
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There’s a story about Leonardo da Vinci that few people know. It's not the one about the…
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The 10,000 Hour Rule
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Envision a dimly lit studio, the walls stained with sweat and coffee, where Jackson Pollock, a man possessed, flings paint…
The Black Swan Theory
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Picture Franz Kafka, hunched over his desk in a dimly lit room, his pen dancing feverishly across the paper. It’…
PrOACT
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Picture Charlotte Salomon, a young Jewish artist in Nazi-occupied France. Her world was crumbling—war, persecution, the constant threat of…
Via Negativa
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Paul Gauguin didn’t sail to Tahiti to find something new. He sailed there to escape, to leave behind the…
Confirmation Bias
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You’re on stage. The spotlight burns down, heat seeping through your skin like a fever you can’t shake.…
The Long Tail
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The year was 1880, and the streets of Paris were nothing more than a stage for the damned and the…
The Growth Mindset
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It’s 1850, and a man sits alone at a desk in a dark, cramped room. He’s pale, gaunt,…
The Anchoring Effect
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You’re in the middle of the ocean, and your ship is sinking. The water’s cold, the sky’s…
The Slippery Slope Fallacy
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In 1975, Patti Smith stood in the back room of CBGB, staring at the cracked walls, her fingers twitching with…
The Map is Not the Territory
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Rene Magritte knew the world was a liar. It whispers sweet certainties in our ear, tricks us into thinking we’…
The Circle of Competence
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Here’s the thing about Leonardo da Vinci: people think he was born a genius. The truth? He wasn’t.…