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{{a|writer|}}Author, with {{author|James Lindsay}}, of the brave and righteous {{br|Cynical Theories}}.

{{a|writer|}}Author, with {{author|Helen Pluckrose}}, of the brave and righteous {{br|Cynical Theories}}.

{{a|writer|}}{{author|Jason Fried}} is author of the brief, [[clixby]] and really rather good {{br|Rework}}.

...r|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}}, a book which blowhards like {{author|Richard Dawkins}} don’t understand, notwithstanding its consistency with {{author|Imre Lakatos}}, {{author|Paul Feyerabend}} and {{author|Richard Rorty}} are fellow travellers in this excellent post-modern furrow.

{{a|author|}}Author of {{br|Risk Savvy: How To Make Good Decisions}} and all-round good dude.

...thers. Friends with {{author|Daniel Dennett}}. Completely misunderstands {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}.

...op}} and the scarily intelligent {{br|Godel, Escher Bach}}. Friends with {{author|Daniel Dennett}}.

...}} and John Lloyd’s {{br|The Deeper Meaning of Liff}} being one, and Dr. {{author|William Margrabe}}’s online ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324133701 *{{author|Douglas Adams}}

...o {{author|Joseph Campbell}}’s {{br|The Hero with a Thousand Faces}} and {{author|Christopher Booker}} here are the seven stages of the mythic journey:

...thor|}}Rock icon, superstar, cultural behemoth, rap-crossover pioneer, mis-author of [[Picture This]]. Her biography is extraordinary, even if she narrates i

{{a|writer|}}The author of: He has a thing about evolution, and he’s an intellectual compadre of {{author|Richard Dawkins}}.

...ystem analysis]] is designed to, er, avoid. {{author|Sidney Dekker}} and {{author|Charles Perrow}} had other ideas which we at the [[Jolly Contrarian]] rathe

...is a writer, coiner of cultural concepts, consultant, thought leader, and author, among a lot of other stuff, of the [[premium mediocre]] concept.

}}Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} Maybe he wears me down, but the more of {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} I read, the more I like it.

{{author|Bram Stoker}}’s famous Gothic horror, said to be inspired by his [[Proxy *{{author|Bram Stoker}}

...at [[this time is different|this time really ''is'' different]]. As with {{author|Ray Kurzweil}}’s similarly bold — and aged — prediction that {{br|The

Ladies and gentlemen, only in [[Strine]]. Just ask {{author|Afferbeck Lauder}}

...re performance]]. Also the title of a bombastic but entertaining book by {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}. *{{br|The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable}} — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{bookreview|Code: Version 2.0}}. Dab hand at [[PowerPoint]].

Idiomatic Australian, first charted by that splendid academic Professor {{author|Afferbeck Lauder}}

{{a|book review|}}{{author|Peter Thiel}} isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Not Gawker’s, at any rate, ...t, albeit vaguely, as some kind of disciple, though “being influenced by {{author|Ayn Rand}}”<ref>For some lazy condemnation, see [https://www.newyorker.co

...mage|StewartBrand|jpg|Good dude.}}}}One of the original environmentalists, author of the ''Whole Earth Catalog'' and {{br|The Clock of the Long Now}}, co-fou

{{Author|Rory Sutherland}}

...rapist, concentration camp survivor, vanquisher of Freudian psychology and author of {{br|Man’s Search for Meaning}}.

:—{{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, {{br|Götzen-Dämmerung}}}} ...ply neatly to individuals, it tends to apply to the ''species''.<ref>Per {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}: the gene pool is fragile, even where organisms are

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{br|The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive

...uman Error Investigations}}. [[Bonum ovum]]. Of a similar disposition to {{author|Charles Perrow}}.

Neat book by {{author|H. G. Wells}} that gave the world the [[Morlock]], the [[subject matter exp

...ut but you can never leave''?) TED talker about the [[candle problem]] and author of, among others, {{br|Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us}

{{a|opcoboone|}}{{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s series of short stories featuring the eponymous legal

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{br|The Singuilarity is Near}}, which seems no nearer 14 years after he

{{a|writer|}}Tech entrepreneur, author of {{br|Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future}}, not a

...h]]: “Oi!”</ref> and now mercifully forgotten, having been devastated by {{author|Simon Sinek}}’s excoriating, timeless classic, {{Br|The Infinite Game}}. *{{Br|The Infinite Game}}, {{author|Simon Sinek}}’s feeble attack on it

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{br|Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condi

Setting for {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s magical reality novella, [[The Montenegro Sanction]].

{{a|book review|}}{{br|The Design of Everyday Things}} - {{author|Don Norman}}<br> {{author|Don Norman}} is one of the founding fathers of design thinking. He first pu

{{a|writer|}}{{author|Robert Cialdini}} of {{br|Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion}} and {{b

...didn’t ''catch'' him: he handed himself in — but [[hedge fund]] pioneer {{author|Edward Thorp}} identified that Madoff was a fraud when a friend asked him t ...ial Thriller}} — our review of a remarkable book by Madoff whistleblower {{author|Harry Markopolos}}

:—{{author|James C. Scott}}, {{br|Seeing Like a State}}}} ...out which rationalist economic transactions could hardly take place, and {{author|Joe Norman}}’s observation that the [[informal]] interactions in a [[syst

...n [[Bernie Madoff|B. Madoff]], despite the best efforts of whistleblower {{author|Harry Markopolos}}. *{{author|Harry Markopolos}}’ excellent book about Bernie Madoff, {{br|No One Would

{{a|people|}}A coinage of {{author|Tom Wolfe}}’s to describe Sherman McCoy, ace banker in {{br|The Bonfire o

:—{{author|John Gall}}, {{Br|Systemantics}}}} *{{Br|Systemantics}}, {{author|John Gall}}’s wonderful exposition of the horror of systems.

...ew|}}'''''Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam'' — {{Author|Vivek Ramaswamy}}''' This is a courageous book. I dare say {{Author|Vivek Ramaswamy}} has lost some friends in writing it, and while it does ma

{{aai|g|}}A term coined by {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} to describe the structure option fat cat bankers ha

Known as “[[chief double-oh]] in {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s short story {{br|Where Legal Eagles Dare}}.

...bstruction or intervention from a guiding intelligent hand. Described by {{author|Daniel Dennett}} as a “universal acid”, the concept of the algorithm ha ...cording to {{author|Daniel Dennett}}, the great (if unstated) insight of {{author|Charles Darwin}}’s {{br|The Origin of Species}} was that the evolutionary

Also, Clarice ~, unlikely hero from {{author|Thomas Harris}}’ magnificent modern gothic horror, {{br|The Silence of th

...riter|}}An excellent fellow. Socioligist, organisational psychologist, and author of {{br|Normal Accidents}} and {{br|The Next Catastrophe}}, which have made

{{a|heroes|}}Pioneering [[Fi-Fi]] film director, sometime collaborator with author [[Hunter Barkley]] and {{otto}}, who directed {{br|The Day of the MiFID}},