
Make Brilliant Decisions — Wisdom for life and leadership
| Platform | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly | |
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| Issues | 64 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 16 days ago |
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There is a game cognitive scientists use to demonstrate something uncomfortable about the human mind. A video shows two teams passing basketballs. You are asked to count the passes. Midway through, a person in a gorilla suit walks slowly ac...
December 2004. The Indian Ocean tsunami. One of the deadliest natural disasters in history.
Off the coast of Thailand, the Moken — sea nomads who have lived on these waters for generations — lost one person. Out of roughly 2,500....
I was working with Claude, preparing for a podcast. I asked it why experienced humans sometimes make better decisions than algorithms.
It gave me a polished, flattering answer. “Experienced operators consistently outperform their own model...
What you reject in yourself holds the wisdom your dreams can't reach.
“No tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.” — Carl Jung
Why your grandmother navigated life better than you do
My grandmother never tracked her moods in an app. Never optimized her morning routine. Never downloaded a single framework for living. Yet she weathered the Great Depression, raised si...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Author of The Inner Compass. Former global tech CEO and university professor. I provide the first systematic methodology for developing wisdom as a learnable skill to manage complexity in the modern world.
Ancient wisdom for modern life’s challenges. By SJ King—former Silicon Valley CEO, university professor, and author of *The Inner Compass*. Exploring timeless principles for living with grace amid complexity.
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