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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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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Honestly now: Do you have what it takes? We all like to think we’re smarter than average, but the math is cruel. Half of us are below median intelligence, and some of us are considerably lower. So why should we think that freedom is a good policy for everyone? I believe freedom is the best
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[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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Here is a new page for my books and articles translated into Spanish. My thanks to Rosa Pelz and the team at Barbarroja Ediciones, as well as to Walter Jerusalinsky, Alejandro Espinoza, and María Marty for their work to make this possible. More translations are in the works.
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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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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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[This is a Portuguese translation of Part 3 of the Theist vs. Atheist debate series between Stephen Hicks and John Wright, originally published in English at EveryJoe. ] A próxima questão é: a existência de Deus pode ser provada? Por John C. Wright Tradução de Matheus Pacini Revisão de Mateus Bernardino A resposta não é somente