Thinking, Fast and Slow — By Daniel Kahneman — Book Review – NYTimes.com But for those who are merely interested in Kahneman’s takeaway on the Malcolm Gladwell question it is this: If you’ve had 10,000 hours of training in a predictable, rapid-feedback environment — chess, firefighting, anesthesiology — then blink. In all other cases, think.

Paul Graham: How to Make Wealth (2004) The mere possibility of being interrupted deters hackers from starting hard projects. This is why they tend to work late at night, and why it’s next to impossible to write great software in a cubicle (except late at night).

How the Plummeting Price of Cocaine Fueled the Nationwide Drop in Violent Crime – Jobs & Economy – The Atlantic Cities “This contradicts one of the central tenets of the War on Drugs, which is that the psychopharmacological effects of drug use lead to criminal behavior. Most studies show that it’s in fact the competition […]