Dr David Rosenhan was a psychologist from Stanford University. In 1972 David and some other volunteers, who also happened to be psychologists and psychiatrists, feigned hallucinations in order to get admitted to psychiatric hospitals across the USA. Once they were …
There’s an old Chinese story about a farmer. One night the farmer’s horse runs away. His neighbours sympathise with his bad luck. The farmer says “Good or bad, it’s hard to say” A few days later the horse returns with …
I’ve spent the last two months talking with Chinese and New Zealand stainless steel fabricators. The NZ manufacturers are clearly very good as are the Chinese. But it’s clear the Chinese manufacturers have a significant advantage over the New Zealand …
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The problem with people, is we don’t think that we are wrong nearly enough. It seems the more we consider ourselves an expert in something the less we think we will be wrong in that subject. Imagine you are a …
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In the mid-2000s, a man went to his local Target supermarket to complain to the manager. His teenage daughter, who was still at school had received a personally addressed flyer from Target. The flyer was advertising maternity products, babywear, baby …
I spent the summer in my parents spa gazing into the Southland sky. My mind wondered. I remembered in science class we learned that nothing can be created or destroyed, it just changes its state. If you heat a block …
