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What is “the Economy,” Anyway?
Earlier this morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published a bunch of figures, which collectively is known as the jobs report. The consensus around the numbers seems to be that the news is...
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Thoughts on National Free Wi-Fi Public Networks
There’s a good chance that at some point yesterday, you heard/read that the FCC is considering the possibility of developing free and public Wi-Fi across the entire United States. At first blush, this...
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Statistics Without Context Are Useless
In preparing for the classes that I teach on Tuesday, I was re-reading the assigned chapters in the textbook yesterday. This week, we’re covering cross-cultural management. A few pages into the...
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I’d Love to Get Inside Marissa Mayer’s Head: The End of Telecommuting at Yahoo
By now, you’ve no doubt heard that Marissa Mayer is ending telecommuting at Yahoo. There’s been lots of opinion written about why what she’s doing is wrong and lots written about why what she’s doing...
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Quick Thoughts on Amanda Palmer, The Art of Asking, Vulnerability, and Trust
Yesterday, TED posted the TEDTalk of Amanda Palmer. The name sounded vaguely familiar, but because I kept seeing tweets saying that “Palmer Wins TED,” I thought, I’ve gotta watch this talk. So, before...
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Perception vs. Reality: Revisiting Wealth Inequality in America
This past summer, I wrote a post that shared some information about wealth inequality in the US. I was actually sharing information that had been published the summer before (in 2011). There was a...
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Want a Pair of Google Glasses: Just Write a Convincing Essay
One of the co-founders of Google, Sergey Brin, was on stage at TED2013 talking about Google Glasses. It’s like a smartphone, but in a pair of glasses. If you haven’t yet seen Google’s latest...
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Room for Innovation in Wind Energy Industry
I was driving down the 401 in Toronto and I noticed a wind turbine setback from the highway. As I looked at it, I remembered seeing it when I used to live in Toronto over 10 years ago. That’s a long...
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Protection from Nuclear War: Look to the Cockroaches
Yesterday, I saw a post from Mental Floss about whether or not cockroaches would be able to survive a nuclear war. That is, not whether or not the cockroaches would put up a fight in a nuclear war, but...
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Cutting Salary to Show Solidarity: This Isn’t Empathy
A couple of days ago, there was news indicating that President Obama was going to return 5% of his salary, which amounts to about $17,000, as a sign of solidarity with those federal workers who’ve been...
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Tying Up Loose Ends: Food for Thought and Brief Hiatus
Since moving to the new domain (www.JeremiahStanghini.com), this has been the longest time between posts. The last post I wrote was on April 5th. The hiatus from posting will continue for a little...
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If All You Have is a Hammer…: List of Biases in Judgment and Decision-Making,...
The popular ending to the title of this post is, “… everything looks like a nail.” I’m sure you’ve heard this phrase (or some variant thereof) before, right? I bet you didn’t know that this represents...
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The Question No One’s Asking in the Debate about Privacy and Terrorism
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or don’t read/watch/consume the news), you’ve probably heard about Edward Snowden and his decision to leak classified documents about a US government agency, the...
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Is Sunshine Really the Best Disinfectant: Edward Snowden, PRISM, and the NSA
In keeping with the theme from yesterday’s post about Edward Snowden and the leaks about PRISM and the NSA, I thought I’d share something that I was reminded of when I was watching some of the coverage...
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Cell Phones and Driving: Do You Value Your Life?
A couple of days ago, I happened to be in the car when NPR’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show was playing. It just so happened that it was “Tech Tuesday,” and they were talking about new findings on distracted...
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Ways For Avoiding Cognitive Biases: List of Biases in Judgment and...
It’s Monday, so that means it’s time for another cognitive bias. However, I’ve finished the list of cognitive biases that I wanted to highlight. Of course, there are many more biases that could be...
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The Top Ways For Avoiding Cognitive Biases: List of Biases in Judgment and...
Last Monday I wrote that my cognitive bias series had come to an end. However, several of you email me asking for a more concise summary (as you’ll recall, the last post was over 3000 words). So, I...
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Second-Guessing Managers and General Managers
About a week ago, I was watching the Toronto Blue Jays baseball game and there were some questionable decisions made by the manager. (Note: questionable in that they didn’t really make all that much...
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Room for Innovation in Wind Energy Industry
I was driving down the 401 in Toronto and I noticed a wind turbine setback from the highway. As I looked at it, I remembered seeing it when I used to live in Toronto over 10 years ago. That’s a long...
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Massive Miscalculation by GOP Chairman Reince Priebus: No Debates with CNN or...
Earlier today, I saw a series of tweets from the GOP Chairman, Reince Priebus: Today I sent letters to @NBC & @CNN telling them to halt production of Hillary Clinton programming....
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