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[24] [6] The book has been used to reconcile utilitarian and rules-based ethics. [25] Humanist psychologists have used the book to explain why only proven phenomena is needed to prove why morality exists, and what the parameters of morality should be. [26] Theists have commented on the way the book grounds ethics without recourse to religion. [27]
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions is a 2008 book by Dan Ariely, in which he challenges readers' assumptions about making decisions based on rational thought. Ariely explains, "My goal, by the end of this book, is to help you fundamentally rethink what makes you and the people around you tick.
On learning "Without the method of learning, you're like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. It's just not going to work very well." — 2021 Daily Journal Annual Meeting “In my whole ...
The book finishes with the case of sexism suffered by Abbie Conant, when she was the trombone soloist of the Munich Philharmonic, and its director, Sergiu Celibidache, relegated her to minor positions, made her receive a lower wage than her male colleagues and looked down on her from 1980 to 1993, when she finally left the orchestra. Gladwell ...
50 Miyamoto Musashi Quotes. 1. “If you wish to control others you must first control yourself.” 2. “You can only fight the way you practice.”
The book was a finalist for the 2010 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award. [5] It was also named a Best Business Book of the Year by The Economist and ranked among Amazon's top ten business and investing books of the year. [6] Iyengar's exploration of choice in The Art of Choosing has been recognized for its depth and accessibility.
The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations, published in 2004, is a book written by James Surowiecki about the aggregation of information in groups, resulting in decisions that, he argues, are often better than could have been made by any single member of the group.
1. "We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure." 2. "Self-dedication is a spiritual experience."