On Intelligence, Freedom, and Who Knows What’s Best for You [Good Life series]

Intelligence is a human being’s most important asset. One sign of this is the amount of time we spend educating our young. For some species, such as squirrels and hawks, the learning necessary to become a full adult is acquired in a matter of months. For more intelligent species, such as chimpanzees and elephants, it

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Entrepreneurship in Latin America — 7 Kaizen interviews

Here are seven interviews I’ve done for Kaizen with Latin American entrepreneurs, covering the business areas of construction, agriculture, logistics, education, aluminum, and oil and gas. * Entrepreneurship in Latin America: Guillermo Yeatts. * Entrepreneurship and Montessori Education: Berni Jensen. * Entrepreneurship and Infrastructure in Brazil: Interview with Brasília Guaíba president André Loiferman. * Entrepreneurial

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Amar o dinheiro ou amar os livros — qual é o pior? [Portuguese translation]

[This is a Portuguese translation of “Loving Money and Books —  Which is More Evil?”, originally published in English at EveryJoe.] Eu trabalhei no setor de construção civil por alguns anos antes de retornar à universidade. Meus companheiros trabalhavam muito, e um espírito de virilidade masculina prevalecia entre eles. Cervejas, pickups e pesca eram parte

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Edukacja dla przedsiębiorczości — Polish translation link now live

My essay “Educating for Entrepreneurship” was translated into Polish as “Edukacja dla przedsiębiorczości” and published in the journal Przeglad Pedagogiczny 2015, Numer 1. Here now is the live link to the abstract and the text. Abstract: Jak najlepiej możemy pomóc młodym ludziom w nabraniu postawy przedsiębiorczości — przygotować ich czy to do zainicjowania własnego biznesu,

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How to Discriminate Properly [Good Life series]

Irrational and unjust discrimination in the workplace deserves exposure and condemnation. But what about rational discrimination? Consider the following cases. * You are the chair of the hiring committee for a new president of a historically-black college. So you discriminate in favor of black candidates and against non-black candidates. * You are the owner of

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