Gall’s Law is a rule of thumb for systems design from Gall’s book Systemantics: How Systems Really Work and How They Fail. It states: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that […]
ANDREW HONG
The secret to life is asking better questions
The Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis
The Cognitive Tradeoff hypothesis is about tradeoffs apparent between chimpanzees and human, because it speaks directly to who we are as a species. The evidence suggests that chimps have a much superior short term memory […]
Blackstone’s Byron Wien Discusses Lessons Learned in His First 80 Years
FEB 12, 2013By Byron Wien I was scheduled to speak about the world outlook at an investment conference recently and shortly before my time slot the conference organizer said the audience was more interested in […]
A.I.: What we can learn from the genius baby
This morning I was listening to a podcast episode of Crazy/Genius titled “Can Artificial Intelligence Be Smarter Than a Human Being?” A question I’m sure many of us have pondered. Artificial Intelligence, and more specifically […]
"When it is obvious that the goal cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
-Confucius
