“An elephant never forgets.” Oh, if that was true for many of us! In the wild, elephants show their long term memories in their behavior. From a young age, male elephants join herds, and when they meet an elephant they do not know, they become aggressive. An African bush elephant shows this behavior for the […]
Do you find that “boring” documents take you longer to get through versus a fun fantasy novel you’re itching to find out how the story ends? You are not alone! Why you read one piece of text faster than the other could very well depend on your interest in the topic, but it doesn’t have […]
As you age, you’ll find new lessons in books you enjoyed at different times in your life. As a child, you’ll see the underlying message behind books, but as someone in retirement, you’ll interpret that message differently. Try it for yourself and read these twelve books that mean something different at each stage in your […]
Reading is an enjoyable activity, yet time-consuming too. It is easy to fall out of the habit if you don’t have a set reading routine, be it listening to an audiobook on your commute or reading in the evening to wind down from the day. If you’ve fallen out of the habit of reading, you’ll […]
It’s always interesting when you can recite lines from your favorite TV show to friends, but forget a coworker’s name, a phone number for a new client, or information for final exams. Forgetting crucial information is something that we all experience. Scientists believe that there is a physical process on a molecular level that works […]
Lebanese-American scholar, Nassim Taleb, has spent years studying problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. From 2001 to 2018, he published five books that he bundled into one titled Incerto. The highly recommended group of works discuss managing risk and uncertainty, something that all professionals and students alike could benefit from. The series begins with Antifragile that explains the category […]
