The Blunder Years, Episode 77: Just because you make money doesn’t make you a genius
A conversation on business models, California, intelligence vs. revenue-generation, and the emotional toil of work. Continue Reading
Intelligence
Here’s a good decline of civilization stat
If you like this post, feel free to share it. Someday I will move the social share buttons to the top, I swear. (It’s good to admit your failings now and again.) If you like some of my thoughts on… Continue Reading
You over-inflate your intelligence when you use Google
If you like this post, feel free to share it. Someday I will move the social share buttons to the top, I swear. (It’s good to admit your failings now and again.) If you like some of my thoughts on… Continue Reading
Brief Thought Exercise: Intelligence vs. Authority
Just thought of this one: it’s going to be a short post that Google will probably penalize me for or something, so that sucks, but I think it has validity in how we think about work. Here’s how the game… Continue Reading
Statistically, learning probably beats knowing right now
I’m a huge fan of people that actually pursue learning — I feel like “CQ” should be in the conversation with “EQ” and “IQ” always — and I think one of the biggest flaws with our standard hiring processes is… Continue Reading
IQ, EQ? Valid. How about CQ? (Curiosity quotient.)
Why don’t we think about hiring models more in line with people that are curious and WANT to learn, as opposed to evaluating what knowledge people already have? Continue Reading
The NSA maybe strikes again, and a Mars colony seems like more and more of an idea
Basic rundown: the NSA tapped Google and Yahoo data centers via a program called MUSCULAR, which is different than PRISM (that’s a legal program/partnership where tech companies share data with the government). This is based partially on Edward Snowden documents. Keith Alexander,… Continue Reading