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Thinking
Everyday Philosophy: How much empathy is too much empathy?
"I know what you're thinking" can sound kind or creepy — depending on who's saying it.
Jonny Thomson
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Business
What baseball and Nietzsche tell us about the perils of hindsight
Whenever something goes wrong — in business as in life — we tend to get cause and effect totally muddled up.
Mark Freeman
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Business
5 ways leaders can solve the “hindsight dilemma”
Four startup founders explain how to derive lessons from the past while still looking ahead to what’s possible.
Kevin Dickinson
A collage image featuring a side profile of a person, abstract patterns, financial data, a cloudy sky, a person resting, another with head in hands—capturing the essence of freedom from hindsight bias—and a sunset over the ocean.
Business
How to free yourself from “hindsight bias”
Josh Kaufman — best-selling author of entrepreneurial classic "The Personal MBA" — explores an essential truth about all decision-making.
Josh Kaufman
A smiling bald man is positioned in front of a collage featuring a large clock, a graph, and a timeline spanning from 2004 to 2010. The background is primarily yellow with various black and white elements, reflecting Horowitz hindsight at its finest.
Business
The hard thing about hindsight: Why looking back has its limits
Big Think asks startup legend and VC heavyweight Ben Horowitz to reflect on his bestseller "The Hard Thing About Hard Things."
Mike Hodgkinson
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Business
Timeless influencer? Why Dale Carnegie has not been axed by hindsight
After almost a century in print, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" still has lessons to teach us.
Kevin Dickinson
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Business
How hindsight can take us to a new level of “wisdom management”
Chip Conley — founder and CEO of JDV Hospitality and Airbnb’s former Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy — maps out an inclusive path from hindsight to wisdom.
Chip Conley
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