![]() ![]() ![]() Probability is a branch of applied skepticism. And we craft compelling stories about why things happened, even if those stories are not true. ![]() We fail to fully appreciate the randomness of the world for a few reasons, the most important of which is that due to the hindsight bias, past events always look less random than they were. These things do not cause you to benefit from randomness, but they can better position you over time and increase your odds of benefiting. The world does favor hard work and preparation. The central idea of the book is that the world is more random than we think. By the end, you’ll walk away with a greater appreciation for how randomness influences our lives and the ways you can avoid common and sometimes costly traps.Īccess My Searchable Collection of 100+ Book Notes Fooled by Randomness He argues that the world is not entirely random – there is a role for hard work, skills, and being prepared to help you ascend – but the role of luck is greater than you might imagine. Through stories about investing, thought experiments, and lessons from history, Nassim Taleb explores the idea of how randomness influences our world more than we think. ![]()
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![]() That said, I can understand the disappointment of those who loved the book. I have to admit it, I haven't read the book, but regardless of whether it was faithful or not, this rarely ruins a movie or TV adaptation for me. The people agreed the olive tree was more useful, and therefore named the city "Athens", in honor of Athena. The people realized the tree had many uses: Its fruit for eating, its wood for building and burning, the oil from its fruit for cooking, and for bathing, and the pits of the olives could be planted, therefore bringing up more olive trees. ![]() Unfortunately, the water turned out to be too salty, and therefore useless. Poseidon stuck his trident into the ground, and created a spring, from which the townspeople could use the water. Both agreed that they would bestow a gift onto the town, and whichever gift was deemed more useful, that giver would have the town named after him or her. The two choices were Athena and Poseidon, Percy's father. ![]() The citizens of the city were arguing over which god, after whom to name the city. The story she tells, is the Greek myth about how the capital city Athens got its name. When in the Parthenon Museum, Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) begins telling Percy (Logan Lerman) a story about her mother, Athena. ![]() ![]() But we've also got some fabulous new and classic fiction books about pals whose bond will warm your heart, thrillers in which friends get each other out of a scary situation and even stories about romance because we all know that if our besties don't get along with our partners, that's a huge red flag. We use cookies to provide you with a great experience and to help our website run effectively. We've gathered some great nonfiction books that talk about how to keep these important relationships strong and healthy, since reading about it might help if one of yours is on the rocks. Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close - Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman Book Minded Mag What are you reading today By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies. Because friendship comes in so many shapes and sizes, our favorite books on the topic do, too. ![]() And while just about every genre can lend itself to lively conversation, reading books about friendship might help you feel even closer to yours, especially if they're far away. That's part of why book clubs are so much fun: the opportunity to share that experience makes it that much richer. Going deeper into their friendship than their weekly chats allow, Friedman and Sow share struggles in. One of the best parts of finishing a great book is calling up your bookworm friends to talk about it. Now, they're exploring their bond in a new way with the memoir Big Friendship (out now). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Once the inspiration for The Metamorphosis came, he seized on it and resolved to write it quickly, in two or three sittings. Kafka was having a hard time turning out his first novel (which he never finished, and which was published after his death under the title Amerika). Franz Kafka wrote The Metamorphosis while working on another novel. A story, he later wrote her, began to take shape. Lying in bed one morning, Kafka told himself he wouldn’t get up until he’d received Bauer’s next letter. Kafka demanded detailed accounts of Bauer’s days, expressed his love for her and visions of their future together, and demanded that Bauer, who would eventually become his fiancée, respond to him in kind. ![]() The correspondence was desperate-and pretty much one-sided. He began writing to Bauer, who lived in Berlin, shortly after, eventually penning two and three letters per day. In 1912, Kafka met Felice Bauer, an acquaintance of his friend Max Brod, at a dinner party in Prague. A tortured, long-distance relationship inspired The Metamorphosis. ![]() Let's take a look at a few things we do know about Franz Kafka's mysterious novella. Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman living in Prague, wakes one morning from troubled dreams to find himself transformed into-what, exactly, isn’t clear, just as any clear interpretation of The Metamorphosis has eluded readers for decades. It is one of the most enigmatic stories of all time, with an opening sentence that’s unparalleled in all of literature. ![]() ![]() Type X behaviors Behaviors that are primarily fueled by external rewards. Type I behaviors Behaviors that are primarily fueled by intrinsic drives of autonomy, mastery and purpose. Allow autonomy over how the job is completed. 3 part managerial model for algorithmic tasks 1. Anton Suvorov model Offering a reward sends a signal that the task is undesirable. ![]() Gneezy and Rusticihini study Late pick-up fee led to an increase in undesired, punished behavior. Motivation 3.0 (intrinsic drive) Richard Titmuss hypothesis Collecting blood via donations was more productive than for pay. The gap between science knowledge and business practice Motivation 2.0 (compliance driven) ![]() Now that rewards Non-contingent, unexpected rewards after delivery. ![]() Karl Duncker "Candle problem" study Rewards narrow focus and hinder creativity Functional fixedness Inability to see more than one function of an item exacerbated by if-then rewards If-then rewards Contingent rewards that suppress internal motivation opposed to non-contingent, unexpected rewards after delivery. Lepper, Greene and Nisbett study Effects of rewards on preschoolers at play, proving the Sawyer effect. ![]() ![]() Martel is a Canadian novelist who has spent time around the globe studying philosophy and religious texts, as well as writing. The other part of the story revolves around the spiritual explorations of the young Pi, who considers himself a student of many religions. Part of the story is sheer survival, as Pi must figure out not only how to stay alive in the middle of the ocean, but also how to survive at such close quarters with the tiger. The book tells the story of Pi, a 16-year-old who is stranded on a lifeboat for 227 days with a Bengal Tiger after being shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean. It has been published in more than 40 languages, and won the Man Booker Prize in 2002. ![]() Since its publishing in 2001, Martel’s Life of Pi has become one of the most beloved novels in recent memory. KPCC’s Patt Morrison spoke with Yann Martel, the author of the novel, about how his book finally made the leap from the page to the screen. ![]() ![]() But not every great book can become a great film, or maybe not even a film at all. Life of Pi was a best-seller when it was published 11 years ago – and like just about every other best-seller, it caught the eye of film producers. ![]() ![]() ![]() How do they discover friendship, acceptance & 14 unique places in Logan? Signed copies available from me HERE … and on Amazon HERE REVIEWS of my picture book Ready Set Discover Logan by Karen Tyrrell (Picture Book 4-10) Superhero Logos, Masks, Words, Characters ROLL ‘Friends who stand together ALWAYS have Super powers.’ – Jackie French Rainforest Rescue Teacher Notes & Kids ActivitiesĬreative Writing Superheros & Villains ROLL ‘Fast-paced adventure taking ecological issues, turning them into an engaging story.’ – CBCA Reading Time Song Bird travels to when time began, to battle her enemiesĬ an Song Bird unlock the secret before the world ends? Signed copies available from HERE. SHORTLISTED Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year 2019 ![]() Teacher Notes Great Barrier Reef Rescue ROLL Teacher Notes REEF Rainforest Rescue (Song Bird 3) by Karen Tyrrell ![]() ![]() Matty is now going on a journey that will have his life depend on it and he will get Christopher's daughter named Kira since the Village is going to be shut down due the the Leader's decision that the other towns shouldn't be informed and the Village border will be shut and no one will be allowed in so Matty has gone to retrieve Kira. The leader of the Village has tried to do something so he has given Matty the job to deliver a message to every town and tell them what the Village is doing. People have been trading things to get what they really want and people began to get much more selfish and greedy. It has been six years since he has come to the Village and now the Village is changing and the Forests are changing and it is all due to the people in the Village. ![]() Messenger is a sequel to the book "Gathering Blue" and are both written by Lois Lowry Matt who was once a young boy who grew up in a village but now he is Matty and lives with the blind man named Christopher. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It answered questions I didn't even know I had, and the favourite plants chapter had factsheets that were so helpful I took a picture of a couple of them, even though most of the plants mentioned are not at all my thing (again, very focused on the Instagram, modern, minimalist aesthetic I'm more about florals, herbs and weird gothy plants.) I did learn a lot from reading this, certainly more than I would have thought from the length and picture-heavy nature of it, and the star rating (3.5) is almost entirely down to that. As someone with zero knowledge of plants (very much the audience for this book) this was supremely unhelpful and confusing. All the plant names are in Latin (which I like but would prefer more colloquial names too), and although almost every plant pictured is helpfully labelled nowhere does it tell you which name in the list goes with which plant. It is picture heavy, short, has a lot of chapters, a very specific #aesthetic, and no long blocks of text. It's neither quite what I was looking for or what I expected, though. It isn't bad, necessarily, and for some people the nods to an online community and photo tips are probably very helpful, but it's not so much my thing - my Instagram is shit and I have every intention of keeping it that way. ![]() This book is quite social media friendly, which I wasn't expecting because I had no idea of the authors beforehand. ![]() ![]() But after the strong reception of a one-hour interview in 1991 with South African author and Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer, the show transitioned into its current in-depth profile format that listeners have come to know. Originally, the show was structured in a magazine-style format to cover several authors on each episode. Leaving the show is "a very bittersweet moment," said Wachtel. Coetzee, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Kazuo Ishiguro, Michael Ondaatje, Zadie Smith and many more. ![]() Wachtel's interviews for Writers & Company have included literary names such as Carol Shields, Mordecai Richler, John le Carré, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, Nadine Gordimer, J.M. ![]() Throughout its 33-year run, the one-hour show presented an in-depth look at works of remarkable writers, filmmakers, photographers and artists from around the world. Eleanor at work in the studio in this undated photo. ![]() |