Insights

No skill is more valuable and harder to come by than the ability to critically think through problems. And schools don’t teach you a method of thinking, you have to do the work yourself. Those who do it well get an advantage and those that do it poorly pay a tax. Poor initial decisions are…
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There are two mindsets that matter: active and passive. With a passive mind, things happen to you and you’re not responsible for them. An active mind, on the other hand, means ownership. The difference between a passive and active mind is easy to spot. For example, if someone arrives late because of traffic, do they…
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Olga Khazan is an award-winning writer for The Atlantic, where she covers health, gender, and science. When her new book, Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World, became an official Next Big Idea Club selection, Olga stopped by our headquarters to share an exclusive set of insights. We’re proud to share one of them below. Next…
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A basic distinction in humans is between those who are simple and straightforward to deal with – and those who are – as we tend to be reminded when we interact with them – repeatedly tricky or complicated to handle. What makes straightforward people gratifying to be around isn’t so much that their positions and…
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When I was young, I thought other people could give me wisdom. Now that I’m older, I know this isn’t true. Wisdom is earned, not given. When other people give us the answer, it belongs to them and not us. While we might achieve the outcome we desire, it comes from dependence, not insight. Instead…
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Why it is good to be impatient – be impatient: There’s an obvious way in which moving faster is important: if you’re 10% more productive, you will finish your work in 10% less time, so you can do 10% more work total. But I don’t think that’s the main reason that speed is important. It’s…
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The global pandemic has been a watershed moment for many fast and necessary changes in healthcare; COVID-19 has demonstrated that the fee for service paradigm isn’t a sustainable model—hospitals were busier than ever but losing $50 billion per month. “Much like the transition to the cloud was a calculated, yet worthy risk for enterprises to…
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Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about how the human body works, plus a whole lot more. Check it out. Throughout my life I never paid too much attention to health, exercise, diet or nutrition. I knew that you’re supposed to get some exercise and eat vegetables or something, but it stopped at that (“mom…
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1. Violent movies prevent violence; horror movies prevent horror 2. Giving people drugs reduces drug abuse 3. Harsher prison sentences encourage more crime Mark Manson

But I think the main reason other kids persecute nerds is that it’s part of the mechanism of popularity. Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness. It’s much more about alliances. To become more popular, you need to be constantly doing things that bring you close to other popular people, and nothing brings people closer…
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