Happiness: Sometimes we are not very good at figuring out what we really want; or, our perceptions of what will make us happy or unhappy are unreliable. Implications? Think economics. An old article by James Surowiecki in the New Yorker
Expertise: A review of Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge University Press, 2006). Bottomline: Genius (interpreted here as experts or expert performers) are made, not born.
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ReplyDeleteYikes! I guess this is what happens when I post things in a hurry ...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Abhinav, for pointing out the lack of links. The post is fixed now.
Abi,
ReplyDeleteJust wondering whether it is possible to have an open thread off and on where people can either ask questions or point out interesting topics. Regards,
Swarup
i remember malcolm gladwell saying a very similar thing during his talk "lessons from spaghetti sauce". he said "People don't know what they want... It's a mystery. And a critically important step in understanding our own desires, and taste, is to realize that we cannot always explain what we want deep within ourselves..."
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