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Is Everything Better Than We Think?: Bjorn Lomborg

Dwayne Harapnuik —  April 28, 2021 — Leave a comment

This is a long-form discussion between Bjorn Lomborg and Jordon Peterson. If you enjoyed Steven Pinker’s book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress or Hans Rosling book, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think then you will really appreciate Lomborg and Peterson’s discussion about Lomborg’s newest book False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet. Lomborg acknowledges that we do have a challenge with climate change but points to a variety of options of addressing these challenges in a much more productive and financially feasible manner.

So refreshing to hear reasonable climate options and suggestions rather than more alarmism or denial. I often refer to myself as a delusional optimist but when you refer to these authors and their research I may not be that overly optimistic. I still believe we live in the most amazing time to be a learner.

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When You Take Coffee TOO Seriously! – AwakenWithJP

Dwayne Harapnuik —  April 21, 2021 — Leave a comment

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How Intellectuals SHAPE Public Opinion and MISGUIDE the Masses

Dwayne Harapnuik —  April 7, 2021 — Leave a comment

https://youtu.be/p94zVXQkygc

Great video overview of Thomas Sowell’s book Intellectuals and Society. Sowell explains how intellectuals have misguided the public in the past and how they’re still doing it in the present. He also explains why intellectuals feel the need to step into areas where they don’t have enough expertise.

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The Dunning Kruger Effect

Dwayne Harapnuik —  March 31, 2021 — 5 Comments

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What it takes to be a great leader

Dwayne Harapnuik —  March 24, 2021 — Leave a comment

Rosalinde Torres shares the result of 25 years of observing truly great leaders at work that are summed up in the following three simple but crucial questions:

  1. Where are you looking to anticipate the next change to your business model or life?
    Answer – The answer to this question is in your calendar – who are spending time with, what are you doing, what are your reading/learning. Great leaders are collaborating and looking around corners.
  2. What is the diversity measure of your network?
    Answer – Consider your capacity to develop relationships with people who are different than you. Having a diverse network is a source of pattern recognition and of potential solutions.
  3. Are you courageous enough to abandon the past?
    Answer – Going along to get along leads to failure. Great leaders dare to be different and don’t just talk about risk-taking they do it. People who will join you are usually different from your traditional network.

Torres states that the great leaders of the 21st Century are:

those women & men who are NOT preparing themselves for the comfortable predictability of yesterday but are preparing for the realities of today and all the unknown possibilities of tomorrow.

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