Category Archives: Psychology and human nature

Intelligence and How to Get It

I recently finished reading Richard E. Nisbett’s Intelligence and How to Get It. This is a compelling book on the factors that determine intelligence, academic and social achievement, and how these are measured. Nisbett refers to many studies and applies … Continue reading

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The Power of Now

One of my pursuits these days is the cultivation of mindfulness. Life is rich and helter-skelter. Only by living in each fleeting now, it seems, is there hope of appreciating a journey that is already accelerating to its eventual conclusion. … Continue reading

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Financial Gedankenexperiment

What if we had a different solution to the financial crisis?

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Marriage Equity

Our marriage is less than a month away. Life feels full, as we try to juggle wedding tasks (the meeting of the parents went well), errands we want to get done beforehand (the picket fence is still an abstraction), and … Continue reading

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Would you sell your vote?

Some NYU students would. Sigh. Tip of the hat to Jeff

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