2f:T684,Entrepreneur [Adrian Gore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Gore) offers the following advice: > Most human activities as well as many disciplines — from **physics** and biology to linguistics, finance, and computer science — follow a [Pareto distribution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_distribution) instead of a [“normal” Gaussian curve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution). In Pareto distributions, a small change in one variable is associated with a large change in another, because it reflects variables multiplied with each other rather than added to each other, as in the normal distribution. This is also referred to as a [“power law.”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law)

${await FileAttachment("PowerLaw.JPG").image()} > This isn’t an obscure intellectual point, but instead carries serious practical consequences. Because of this error, our approach to most problems is, at best, suboptimal... [-- ***We Need to Let Go of the Bell Curve***](https://hbr.org/2022/01/we-need-to-let-go-of-the-bell-curve) **Related:** * [Imagine an America with steep billionaire taxes — and without Amazon, Pixar, SpaceX, and Tesla](https://fasterplease.substack.com/p/imagine-an-america-with-steep-billionaire) * ${await FileAttachment("image@7.png").image({height:200, width:200})} * [***A new experiment hints at how hot water can freeze faster than cold***](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/physics-new-experiment-hot-water-freeze-faster-cold-mpemba-effect) * [The end of ice I](https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1914254116) * 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2d:{"title":" Prerequisites","cells":[{"id":0,"value":"# ${await FileAttachment(\"image@3.png\").image({height: 50, width:50})} Prerequisites\nRecommendations for developing a new set of data analytics skills:\n","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":34,"value":"toc(\"h2,h3,h4\")","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs"},{"id":21,"value":"## Mental\n
\n***It's a Big World-Wide-Web Out There...Let's Explore!***\n
","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":132,"value":"### Note to Instructor: [The Curse of Knowledge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge) and [The Protégé Effect](https://effectiviology.com/protege-effect-learn-by-teaching/)","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":136,"value":" $\"image@5.png\"$ \n $\"image@10.png\"$ ","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"html"},{"id":144,"value":"\n**Related**: \n* [Ways of Teaching That We Share With Other Animals](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201104/ways-teaching-we-share-other-animals)\n* [The Human Spark](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/humanspark/)\n* Why is computing/programming complicated?[Answer: Because the first task of programming is a 'translation'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_instruction_listings)\n * But things are changing VERY QUICKLY: \n\n**Optional, but encouraged:**
","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":23,"value":"### Self-Interest","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":13,"value":"

[-- Stimulating Brain Activities Delay Onset of Memory Decline](https://einsteinmed.org/news/releases/395/stimulating-brain-activities-delay-onset-of-memory-decline/)

","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":15,"value":"

[-- Cognitive activities delay onset of memory decline in persons who develop dementia](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19652139/)

","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":107,"value":"**Developments in treating Alzheimer's:**\n![image@2.png](${await FileAttachment(\"image@2.png\").url()})\n

--[FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment](https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-grants-accelerated-approval-alzheimers-disease-treatment)

\n\n![image@8.png](${await FileAttachment(\"image@8.png\").url()})\n

--[New Alzheimer's Drug Shows 35% Reduction in Cognitive Decline in Late-Stage Trial](hhttps://www.sciencealert.com/new-alzheimers-drug-shows-35-reduction-in-cognitive-decline-in-late-stage-trial)

","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":190,"value":"The Science of Bio-Mechanical-Chemical Aging\n","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"html"},{"id":184,"value":"### Our Intelligence is Optimized for Survival NOT Accuracy!\n

\n","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":202,"value":"### [How Grandparents Shaped Human Evolution](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-grandparents-shaped-human-evolution/)\n","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":205,"value":"![image@12.png](${await FileAttachment(\"image@12.png\").url()})","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":140,"value":"### [How the Brain Learns New Skills](https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/how-brain-learns-new-skills)","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":142,"value":" $\"image@6.png\"$ ","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"html"},{"id":200,"value":"[How the Brain Changes With Age](https://www.brainfacts.org/Thinking-Sensing-and-Behaving/Aging/2019/How-the-Brain-Changes-With-Age-083019)\n![image@11.png](${await FileAttachment(\"image@11.png\").url()})","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":39,"value":"### Hack Your Brain","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":37,"value":"

[-- Stop Trying to Solve Problems](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-at-work/201209/stop-trying-to-solve-problems)

","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":27,"value":"### Perseverance","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":11,"value":"**[The Effort Effect](https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-effort-effect)**\n* \"...[Y]ou'll reach new heights if you learn to embrace the occasional tumble...\"

[-- The Effort Effect](https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-effort-effect)

\n* [Attribution Theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribution_(psychology%29)","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":55,"value":"#### The Perils of a Fixed Mind-set","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":51,"value":"Be ***mindful*** (pun intended) of the [Dunning-Kruger (Ignorance of Ignorance) Effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect):\n> Those with limited knowledge in a domain suffer a dual burden: Not only do they reach mistaken conclusions and make regrettable errors, but their incompetence robs them of the ability to realize it... \n

[--Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-assessments](https://www.avaresearch.com/files/UnskilledAndUnawareOfIt.pdf)

\n\n","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":69,"value":"### Embrace The Pareto Principle\n
**Learn the 20% of a new topic that will give you 80% of the benefit.**","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":71,"value":"$2f","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":89,"value":"### Heed Oscar Wilde's Insight","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":94,"value":"Data analytics help quantify dynamics, but not necessarily ***qualify*** them.\n![image@1.png](${await FileAttachment(\"image.png\").url()})\n

[--goodReads](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/77057-nowadays-people-know-the-price-of-everything-and-the-value)

\n\n**Corollary**: [\"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.\"](https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/26/everything-counts-einstein/)","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md"},{"id":30,"value":"import { toc } from \"@nebrius/indented-toc\"","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs"}],"files":"$W30","stdlib":"1","titling":"auto"}