Jealousy

When you’re jealous of someone, you have to be willing to totally swap places with them.

Working Harder vs. Smarter

Ditch digging is pretty repetitive work. It's the kind of work that requires you to just put in the time. Maybe you can dig a little faster, but there aren't really any hacks to pushing your shovel into the dirt and moving another scoop.

Diamond Shreddies

In 2008, a joke made by an intern at Shreddies' ad agency led to a huge increase in sales.

Reality is an Illusion

We tend to act as if our perception of the world is an objective truth. But the reality is that we are merely piecing together predictions of our environment based on a range of stimuli.

Queuing Theory

When we're designing a system, it's easy to fall into the trap of assuming optimal conditions.

Igniting Wonder

People are not computers. When you encourage them to bring their full creative selves to their work, you open the door to magic.

The Long Tail

If you wanted to listen to new music in 1948, you could turn on the radio and listen to anything you wanted, as long as your local station was broadcasting it.

Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy evolves to protect against low probability events. As an organization acquires greater assets and reputation, it makes sense to implement procedures to prevent bad things from happening.

A Brief History of Moral Panics

Throughout history, each development in the storage and distribution of information has caused considerable consternation.

Knowledge Trees

If you're trying to learn something new, identify the trunk of the topic first.