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Ten instincts keep your world picture decades out of date

Ordinary people and Nobel laureates alike score worse than random chance on basic facts about global poverty and progress.

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Ten instincts keep your world picture decades out of date

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Jobs's genius and cruelty were the same intensity

Structure, not merit, decides which ideas endure

Assets make you rich; a paycheck alone never will

Grit beats talent when you stick for years

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About Books

Books.

Ten instincts keep your world picture decades out of date

Latest

Jobs's genius and cruelty were the same intensity

Structure, not merit, decides which ideas endure

Assets make you rich; a paycheck alone never will

Grit beats talent when you stick for years

The journal

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