Michalis Makrylos
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If you work in an office, it’s a safe bet that the only time you use the world teamwork is when you’re trying to manipulate a co-worker into doing his own work plus some of yours. If you can pull that off, you probably have management
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“we can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow

“People are usually afraid of change because they fear the unknown. But the single greatest constant of history is that everything changes.”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

“Jumping to conclusions is efficient if the conclusions are likely to be correct and the costs of an occasional mistake acceptable. Jumping to conclusions is risky when the situation is unfamiliar, the stakes are high and there is no time to collect more information.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow

“Humans were always far better at inventing tools than using them wisely.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

“This is the best reason to learn history: not in order to predict the future, but to free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies. Of course this is not total freedom – we cannot avoid being shaped by the past. But some freedom is better than none.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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