Tuesday Jan 22, 2008
- Working from home? Make sure you're adding unique value
- Rules, incentives and Barry Schwartz's call for "practical wisdom" - and what of goals?
- Recommending "Managing Humans" by by Michael Lopp (aka Rands)
- The Knowledge Distortion Field
- Why security bugs are different to other bugs
- Happiness is a healthy social network
- Prototype Sun Ray laptops
- Father of three
- Teaching critical thinking in schools?
- links for 2008-05-17
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Tuesday Jan 22, 2008
I'm indebted to Alec Muffett as a commment on his "How Ethical Are You ?" blog entry lead me to a fascinating article in the New York Times entitled "The Moral Instinct".
Steven Pinker examines the basis of our moral instincts at some length and with great insight. Well worth a read.
Talking of ethics with Alec I briefly mentioned Lost in the Cosmos which, while being a parody of self-help books, asks searching questions. I read it many years ago now but am often reminded of it when pondering moral issues.
One of the ideas presented by Steven Pinker is that of "Reasoning" versus "Rationalizing" - the former leads us to a conclusion, the latter starts at the conclusion and works the other way. He also writes about the moral equivalent of optical illusions - questions that subvert our apparently rational moral senses.
Essential reading.
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