Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. He understood that you had to plan and anticipate and imagine every contingency. And yet, he also understood fundamentally this other Stoic idea, which is there some things in our control and some things aren't.

Daily Stoic

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human cultures create a "collective brain," and how that shared knowledge profoundly shapes who we are and how we live

Hidden Brain

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Most people think that creativity is something you either have or you don't — that it's a fixed trait, like eye color. But researchers who study creativity say this belief is not only wrong, it may actually be preventing people from thinking creatively.

Hidden Brain

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