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Fishermen tend to kill the thing they love

Fishermen tend to kill the thing they love

Mark Kurlansky – Cod

Everything you always wanted to know about the economic, cultural, historical, and culinary significance of cod.

There is an important distinction between being Agile and having agility

There is an important distinction between being Agile and having agility

Jonathan Smart – Sooner Safer Happier

The book’s premise sounds so blatantly obvious that one wonders why (in many organizations) there is still an issue.

“Art is just a container you poor yourself into”

“Art is just a container you poor yourself into”

Jerry Saltz – How to be an artist

What is good advice for life is typically also good advice for art, and vice versa.

Never trust data scientists, in particular when they do not have data

Never trust data scientists, in particular when they do not have data

Jill Lepore – If then

The writer never really succeeds in making the Simulmatics story seem important, partly because due to endless digressions about the bad marriages of the men who founded the company and partly because she avoids any substantial assessment of the actual models they used.

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