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Knowing, learning

Overheard this the yesterday:
“The enemy of learning is knowing.”
I think it is some derivitive of a statement by Confucius but I’m not sure. Great quote none the less.

Footnotes like this don’t come along everyday

Drew (lawyer) sent me an appeal brief that had one of the best footnotes I have seen.

Postcards, secrets

I found these beautiful. And sad. And funny, and I suppose a little bit disturbing. Quite a mix of feelings.

Negotiation, take 2

I had my second class in Business Negotiation yesterday. This one got more interesting as we talked through the psychology of negotiation. Particularly anchors which are the initial high offer and low offer in a negotiation. These anchors are often set arbitrarily and yet people have the tendency to split the difference without questioning the [...]