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Creative Bridges, Coworking & Communities

April 15, 2008

This started as a quick comment on Alex Hillman’s post Creative Agency, which quickly grew so long that I realized that I had begun writing a post of my own, so I’ve shifted it to my site so I don’t hijack Alex’s discussion (plus I don’t post often enough).
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Ignorance & Confidence

February 19, 2008

Kruger and Dunning noted a number of previous studies which tend to suggest that in skills as diverse as reading comprehension, operating a motor vehicle, and playing chess or tennis, “ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge” (as Charles Darwin put it). They hypothesized that with a typical skill which humans may possess in [...]

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I’m Not My Parents

February 13, 2008

Without dismissing the accomplishments of her folks (her father was dead before she was 2), [Frances Bean] Cobain advises, “People need to wait until I’ve done something valid with my life.”
Frances Bean Cobain: ‘I’m Not My Parents’ at People.com
That’s a refreshing change from the normal rock and roll / Hollywood scene. Is it possible [...]

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