Principles of Clarity Used by Great Communicators When Notes Fly An explainer of the principles of clarity used by great communicators, opening with Orwell's 1946 rules and arguing clarity is a cognitive achievement, not a stylistic preference, and is not the same… EBEmir Baycan
Price Anchoring: How Initial Numbers Influence Value When Notes Fly An explainer of price anchoring, the way the first number encountered hijacks a valuation, illustrated by a jacket marked down from 495 to 149 dollars that reads as a deal regardless of the item's re… EBEmir Baycan
Building a Portfolio: Showcasing Development Skills When Notes Fly A guide to building a technical portfolio, defined as the deliberate selection and presentation of work samples that prove capability independent of credentials, opening with three developers whose p… MSMelik Can Sariyer
Planning vs Execution Explained When Notes Fly An examination of the tension between planning and execution, opening with D-Day, where the detailed plans fell apart on contact yet the operation succeeded because forces were trained to achieve obj… EBEmir Baycan
Philosophical Roots of Critical Thinking When Notes Fly An intellectual history of critical thinking, tracing its roots over 2,400 years from Socrates's method of systematic questioning through Plato's theory of knowledge, Aristotle's formalization of log… EBEmir Baycan
Strategies to Enhance Your Child's IQ Early On When Notes Fly A debunking of seven persuasion myths, arguing the fast-talking aggressive extrovert stereotype is almost entirely wrong. Drawing on research including Adam Grant's finding that ambiverts outsell str… EBEmir Baycan
The Overconfidence Effect: The Mistakes of the Smart When Notes Fly An explainer of the overconfidence effect, the systematic gap between felt certainty and actual accuracy, opening with Lichtenstein and Fischhoff's finding that people 90% confident were right only a… EBEmir Baycan
Opportunity Cost: The Price of Every Choice When Notes Fly An explainer of opportunity cost, the value of the best alternative given up by any choice, opening with Decca Records rejecting the Beatles in 1962 partly to save on travel costs. It presents a taxo… EBEmir Baycan
Obedience to Authority: The Dangers of Compliance When Notes Fly An explainer of obedience to authority, centred on Stanley Milgram's 1961-62 Yale experiments in which ordinary people administered what they believed were dangerous shocks under an experimenter's in… EBEmir Baycan
The Nocebo Effect: How Expectations Can Cause Harm When Notes Fly An explainer of the nocebo effect, the mind's capacity to produce real physical harm from negative expectation (the harmful counterpart of placebo), opening with a trial participant whose vital signs… EBEmir Baycan