The Scientist-Practitioner Divide

Much has been written about the scientist-practitioner divide in occupational and organizational psychology: Practitioners and researchers have often held stereotypical views of each other, with practitioners viewing researchers as interested only in methodological rigor whilst failing to concern themselves with anything in the real world, and researchers damning practitioners for embracing the latest fads, regardless […]

Fear as Our Most Enduring Relationship

Zen Buddhist priest Karen Maezen Miller writes in Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life (2010,) Fear is our first and, if we’re not careful, our last love. It is our most enduring relationship. It never leaves our side. It tells us where to go, what to wear, what to say, and what […]

Deep Acceptance

Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield writes in A Path with Heart: a Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life (1993): To bow to the fact of life’s sorrows and betrayals is to accept them; and from this deep gesture we discover that life is workable. As we learn to bow, we discover that the […]

Discipline, Hard Work, and Practice … Like Playing Golf

A Charlie Munger quote from Poor Charlie’s Almanack, If you’re going to be an investor, you’re going to make some investments where you don’t have all the experience you need. But if you keep trying to get a little better over time, you’ll start to make investments that are virtually certain to have a good […]

Binged on Buybacks Then, Seeking Bailouts Now

Dealbook (The New York Times) column’s readers throw in their two cents on the debate on share buybacks in the context of businesses requesting government bailouts during the current COVID-19 epidemic: “What is the point in saving cash for a rainy day when the government is going to bail you out anyway?” “Part of the […]

Empty Fantasies

American Zen teacher Joko Beck in Nothing Special: Most of our difficulties, our hopes, and our worries are empty fantasies. Nothing has ever existed except this moment. That’s all there is. That’s all we are. Yet most human beings spend 50 to 90 percent or more of their time in their imagination, living in fantasy. […]

Mindfulness is Enlightenment

Vietnamese-born monk and writer Thich Nhat Hanh writes in Zen Keys (1994): I remember a short conversation between the Buddha and a philosopher of his time. “I have heard that Buddhism is a doctrine of enlightenment. What is your method? What do you practice every day?” “We walk, we eat, we wash ourselves, we sit […]

Looking in the Distance

Scottish agnostic cleric and writer Richard Holloway writes in Doubts and Loves: What is Left of Christianity (2001): By definition, religions of salvation are in the bandage business, they have come to heal our wounds. They do not sit alongside us in the chair looking in the distance, comparing points of view; they want to […]

All of Humanity Against the Coronavirus Pandemic

Bill Gates offers an authoritative assessment of the first modern pandemic and explores scientific advances needed to stop COVID-19: The coronavirus pandemic pits all of humanity against the virus. The damage to health, wealth, and well-being has already been enormous. This is like a world war, except in this case, we’re all on the same […]

The Collapse of the Boeing-Embraer Joint Venture

Boeing terminated the proposed joint venture between Boeing and Embraer to design, build, and sell commercial airliners worldwide. Boeing had previously agreed to purchase an 80% stake in Embraer’s commercial aircraft division. Ernest Arvai of the AirInsight group wonders, Over the weekend, Boeing terminated its agreement with Embraer to acquire the E2 series of commercial […]