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What did your CV leave out?

B = A + E ; Representations of Reality are always incomplete (approximate thinking). How does that work on a CV?

Find the E · 01

A CV compresses years of work into titles, dates, and a few selected achievements.

What useful ability disappeared in the compression?

This is the first round of Find the E, inspired by my marginalium B = A + E: our representations of reality always contain an error. An incompleteness / blind spot / identity conflation / social inertia. A is the reality; B is the representation we use; E is the error, omission, or distortion between them.

Here, the CV stands in for a much more complicated person.

Let’s recover a missing line.

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Approximate Thinking: The Creative Mental Model

The Prometheus Shot : Creative Inspiration
Creativity & Great Work

[The Prometheus Shot – EK03 :: Approximate Thinking ]

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Inevitable Incompleteness of Knowledge: Gödel, Polanyi, You!

The Prometheus Shot : Creative Inspiration
Creativity & Great Work

[The Prometheus Shot – EK02 :: Incompletness, Gödel, Polanyi, You! ]

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Why Certainty is an Illusion: Bohr & Heisenberg’s Uncertainty

The Prometheus Shot : Creative Inspiration
Creativity & Great Work

[The Prometheus Shot – EK01 :: Uncertainty, Bohr, Heisenberg ]

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On Reduction and Approximations : University Rankings and Measuring Education

Ranking universities and higher education institutions is (??) helpful in some respects. It might make it easier for (the perplexed) youth entering into higher education to choose… Moreover, A competitive environment, promoted by university rankings, encourages creativity, innovation, and effort.

Nothing simplified, however, comes for free… “University Rankings” are an extreme Approximation (reduction), and those are dangerous.

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Is Success the result of Chance, Skill, or Effort? The Fuzzy Thinking behind the anger, values, and politics soup

Success Fuzzy Politics

Why is it that discussions on equal opportunities can easily get derailed into name-calling? What are the causes of success, and why are people so sensitive about them? Fuzzy thinking about work and politics, and an incomplete understanding can cause an unnecessary confusion.

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The Global Innovation Index 2022: Measurement, Growth, and Achieving Innovation Goals

Can Economists ruin Innovation with an Index? Thoughts on measuring innovation, growth, culture, and creativity.

The 2022 Global Innovation Index report released by WIPO has been published for 2022. Here are some of thoughts on the report, including a few comments and reflections on innovation, economic growth, measurement, and cultural resources.

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CRT : A Short Cognitive Ability Test that predicts (?) better mental skills

The CRT Test
The CRT Test

The Cognitive Reflection Test : A shortcut to measuring Intelligence

Can three innocent questions serve as a proxy for an intelligence test and predict cognitive ability? Even if not, it might be fun to play around with them, and reflect on what reflective thinking ability can teach us about our decision making and mental habits.

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WeWork Lessons : Excess & Market Behavior under extreme hope and fuzziness

The documentary : “WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn” is entertaining (if you don’t get angry easily), and contains an amazing exploration of the behavior of markets, consumers, and leaders. There are many hilarious moments too!

This documentary illustrates the dangers of excess, “hopium”, and building great castles on foundations of ‘fluff’. The top WeWork lessons explored in this article include excess, fuzziness, consumer (and investor) behavior, and spectacles.

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Country Brands [Or Place Brands]: An underutilized Cultural Resource

Country Brands

Country Brands can be a useful socio-economic resource. They are hard to ‘control’, but certain aspects of them can be understood and used to support markets and innovation.

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