Veitch shares his experience replying to random spam emails.
James Veitch: This is what happens when you reply to spam email
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“The Chaos Imperative” by Ori Brafman and Judah Pollack
The authors launch into a wonderful and engaging narrative as they use their various experiences to explain why we need chaos in order to progress.
They suggest that innovation requires three things in order to flourish:
- Blank space (chaos is an agent of opportunity)
- Unusual suspects (it takes an unusual player to get different results)
- Supportive serendipity (purely random chance takes too long)
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Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
Hari dives into the latest research into drug addiction. Interestingly, as the title implies, modern studies show that our methods for addressing addiction are all wrong.
Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
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Manuel Lima: A visual history of human knowledge
Our metaphor for describing relationships have been shifting from the centuries old Tree linkage (think of family trees: this comes from that) to a more modern Network linkage (shows the multiple connections between elements: this is connected to these). Lima ties this knowledge shift with art.
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Roselinde Torres: What it takes to be a great leader
Despite a dramatic increase in leadership training, Torres notes a widening gap between leadership needs and candidates to fill those roles. She then proceeds to give suggestions on correcting these training issues.