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Jan 22, 2021

The Currency of the Day is not Bitcoin; It’s Your Attention

Distraction: the 21st Century Syndrome There was a time, not so long ago, when, if you wanted a book or needed to research a topic, you had to go to a bookshop or library. Watching a movie meant booking tickets at the cinema and clearing your calendar to be there at the right time and…

Attention

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The Currency of the Day is not Bitcoin; It’s Your Attention
The Currency of the Day is not Bitcoin; It’s Your Attention

Jan 18, 2021

Could surgical procedures be merely placebos?

When we talk about placebos, we usually think of pills and tablets, maybe injections. But, surgery? That’s hard to swallow. Dr Ian Harris, an orthopedic surgeon of repute, claims that over 50% of all operations performed are only placebos. There is no proof of efficacy. Could his contention be upheld? Watch this video. Subscribe to my newsletter View my portfolio

Surgery

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Could surgical procedures be merely placebos?
Could surgical procedures be merely placebos?

Could surgical procedures be merely placebos?

When we talk about placebos, we usually think of pills and tablets, maybe injections. But, surgery? That’s hard to swallow. Dr Ian Harris, an orthopedic surgeon of repute, claims that over 50% of all operations performed are only placebos. There is no proof of efficacy. Could his contention be upheld? Watch this video.

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Jun 30, 2020

Get more mileage from your business card collection with this hack

“Here’s my card. Can I have yours, please?” Whatever else happens in a first-time business meeting, exchanging cards is a ritual that’s constant. You will tuck it into your pocket, or a card holder if you are the compulsive type. If in Japan, you will bow slightly, receive it reverently with both hands, read it carefully, then place it perfectly square on the desk in front of you and put it away only at the end of the meeting.

Business Cards

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Get more mileage from your business card collection with this hack
Get more mileage from your business card collection with this hack

Jun 28, 2020

Save your audience from “Death by PowerPoint”

Save your audience from “Death by Powerpoint”with these 4 tools. Text-heavy, bullet list slides are a sure way to make your listeners lose interest in your presentation. Here are 4 methods for engaging your audience. | More at: https://rescription.org | #presentation #slideshow #attention #audience #deathbypowerpoint #skills #copywriting #storytelling #publicspeaking

Skills

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Save your audience from “Death by PowerPoint”
Save your audience from “Death by PowerPoint”

Jun 9, 2018

Language shapes thinking, pitfalls in public speaking, how to argue, ditching Google Maps and the futility of looking for happiness

World wide wanderings, in batches of five … or, “Cultural Learnings of the Internet for Make Benefit Glorious Readers of Medium” (with profound thanks and apologies to Sacha Baron Cohen and Borat) 1: How language shapes the way we think

Newsletter

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Language shapes thinking, pitfalls in public speaking, how to argue, ditching Google Maps and the…
Language shapes thinking, pitfalls in public speaking, how to argue, ditching Google Maps and the…

May 9, 2018

Finding new ideas, the demographics of religion, triple overload, chance determines everything and the dangers of pie charts.

World wide wanderings, in batches of five … or, “Cultural Learnings of the Internet for Make Benefit Glorious Readers of Medium” (with profound thanks and apologies to Sacha Baron Cohen and Borat). 1: If you are looking for a new idea, start at the edge of what is known

Videos

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New ideas, the demographics of religion, triple overload, chance determines everything,  pie…
New ideas, the demographics of religion, triple overload, chance determines everything,  pie…

Apr 27, 2018

You can’t teach an old dog (or your brain) new tricks: why learning is hard

The hallmark of intelligence is the ability to learn new tasks. How does the human brain go about the task? The human brain, remarkable as it is, does not go about the task of learning in a very efficient manner. It uses a highly inefficient approach called “Reassociation.” We appear to learn new tasks simply by repeating the original neural activity patterns and swapping their assignments. Although “quick and dirty” it’s not the best way to learn.

Learning

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You can’t teach an old dog (or your brain) new tricks: why learning is hard
You can’t teach an old dog (or your brain) new tricks: why learning is hard

Mar 12, 2018

Modern healthcare’s “dirty secrets”: 1. Results that cannot be reproduced

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” If modern medical research were to be held up to scrutiny on the basis of this popular quote (commonly, but erroneously, attributed to Einstein), it appears that it needs urgent help. Reproducibility, a key tenet of…

Healthcare

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Modern healthcare’s “dirty secrets”: 1. Results that cannot be reproduced
Modern healthcare’s “dirty secrets”: 1. Results that cannot be reproduced

Feb 27, 2018

Intelligent children live longer: results of a 68-year study of 65,765 children

Roughly ten items make up the list of leading causes of death in adult populations. A sizeable portion of medical research is targeted at establishing risk factors for them and using this knowledge to institute educational and public health measures for reducing their likelihood. Smoking, obesity, alcohol abuse, and sedentary…

Risk Factors

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Intelligent children live longer: results of a 68-year study of 65,765 children
Intelligent children live longer: results of a 68-year study of 65,765 children

Feb 20, 2018

Money does buy happiness but only up to a point

We are admonished, ad nauseam, that money can’t buy happiness. This advice has to be high on the list of hypocrisy promoted in aphorisms. As one wag added, “… but you can search for it in comfort.” There is a large body of evidence in support of poor people living…

Economics

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Money does buy happiness but only up to a point
Money does buy happiness but only up to a point
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