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"Finding value from data is much more a process of cultivation than it is one of extraction or refinement…This re-framing of data into a human context is crucial."
Jer Thorp, Data Artist in Residence at The New York Times, in The Harvard Business Review.
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NotesCongratulations to Lavin Speakers Paul Tough and Edward O. Wilson, on having their books named to The New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2012 list! Tough’s book, How Children Succeed, argues that we need to revolutionize our education system to focus on developing a child’s character as well as their intelligence. Wilson’s book, The Social Conquest of Earth, is fascinating look at how humanity’s interactions with each other—and with the world around them—have led to our species’ domination of the planet.
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Notes"Culturally, we tend to associate leadership with extroversion and attach less importance to judgment, vision and mettle. We prize leaders who are eager talkers over those who have something to say."Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts, on the introverted nature of both Presidential candidates in her latest New York Times Op-Ed.
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In his latest New York Times Op-Ed, investigative journalist Kurt Eichenwald (author of The Informant and Conspiracy of Fools) asks: How much information did the Bush administration have prior to the attack, and could they have acted on it? Eichenwald explains more in this interview with CBS News.
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![Hanna Rosin’s New York Times Magazine cover story, “Who Wears the Pants in This Economy?”, examines our changing social climate—where women are becoming the breadwinners of the household, and are outperforming men academically. “Of the 15 categories [of employment] projected to grow the fastest by 2016,” writes Rosin, “12 are dominated by women.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9vxh7i46l1qfugqmo1_500.jpg)
Hanna Rosin’s New York Times Magazine cover story, “Who Wears the Pants in This Economy?”, examines our changing social climate—where women are becoming the breadwinners of the household, and are outperforming men academically. “Of the 15 categories [of employment] projected to grow the fastest by 2016,” writes Rosin, “12 are dominated by women.”
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NotesToday in the New York Times, Susan Cain, the bestselling author of Quiet and a self-confessed introvert, writes about how she prepared for her 2012 TED Talk, which drew a standing ovation: “I talked about my lifelong fear of public speaking, and about how I’d spent a year training in the style of a marathon runner to be the best and bravest speaker I could.”
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Notes"Most adults were young adults at some point in their lives, and some of us are still processing that experience."Time’s book critic Lev Grossman, on the popularity of young adult novels among older readers, in the New York Times’ Room for Debate series.
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Lavin’s Susan Cain is featured in this week’s Time cover story on shyness—and for good reason! Her book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, will debut at #4 on The New York Times bestseller list this weekend. Susan’s book is a rebuff to the Extrovert Ideal, and a manifesto for the under-utilized strengths of the quieter third of the population.
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NotesThis week, Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol. The decision “had long been expected,” writes the New York Times. In fact, Rick Mercer called it way back in March of last year.
