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A CONVERSATION WITH Daniel Kahneman - On Profit, Loss and the Mysteries of the Mind - Interview ''Kahnemanandtversky.'' Everybody said it that way. As if the Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky were a single person, and their work, which challenged long-held views of how people formed judgments and made choices, was the product of a single mind. Last month, Dr. ''I feel it is a joint prize,'' Dr. In Jerusalem, where their collaboration began in 1969, the two were inseparable, strolling on the grounds of Hebrew University or sitting at a cafe or drinking instant coffee in their shared office at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and talking, always talking. Every word of their papers, now classics studied by every graduate student in psychology or economics, was debated until ''a perfect consensus'' was reached. Wiry, charismatic, fizzing with intelligence, Dr. Together, the psychologists developed a new understanding of judgments and decisions made under conditions of risk or uncertainty. But Dr. Over more than two decades, working together or with others, Dr. Q. A.

Live data gathered from real enterprise networks shows major presence of Twitter, Facebook, SharePoint raises security concerns It's not just all talk: Social networking and collaborative applications are well-entrenched in enterprise networks around the globe, according to a new report that draws from real network data in more than 200 organizations. Nearly 40 percent of the 651 applications found on the networks covered in the report are Web-based, collaborative-type apps, such as social networking, blogging, and Wikis. SharePoint, Facebook, Twitter, and blogging all experienced double- and triple-digit increases in frequency of their usage in an organization. And more than 70 percent of these applications are browser-based, according to Palo Alto's findings, which were gathered from organizations in financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, government, retail, and education between March and September of this year. "There are business benefits to the use of these apps.

Variations on normal by Dominic Wilcox Négociations sensibles par Georges Kohlrieser Nous avons le plaisir de nous faire l'écho de cette bonne nouvelle : l'ouvrage de Georges Kohlierser "Hostage at the Table" vient d'être traduit en français. Il est dipsonible notamment chez Eyrolles bonne lecture à tous ! Chers amis et collègues, A tous ceux d’entre vous qui attendaient la version française de mon livre Hostage at the Table. Le titre est devenu Négociations sensibles (Les techniques de négociation de prises d’otages appliquées au management). Ce livre, élaboré au fil de longues années, tire parti de l’expérience des négociateurs de prises d’otage qui, dans les faits, obtiennent un taux de réussite à 95 %. Je suis très enthousiaste à l’idée de l’impact positif que pourra avoir cette édition française, à l’instar de l’édition anglaise. J’ose espérer que vous lirez le livre et que vous encouragerez vos amis et collègues à en faire autant. Merci pour les commentaires, réactions et histoires formidables dont nombre d’entre vous m’ont déjà fait part. Avec mes salutations amicales.

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bepoor.org Intelligence Study Links Low I.Q. To Prejudice, Racism, Conservatism Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the answer to both questions may be a qualified yes. The study, published in Psychological Science, showed that people who score low on I.Q. tests in childhood are more likely to develop prejudiced beliefs and socially conservative politics in adulthood. I.Q., or intelligence quotient, is a score determined by standardized tests, but whether the tests truly reveal intelligence remains a topic of hot debate among psychologists. Dr. Why might less intelligent people be drawn to conservative ideologies? Dr. "Reality is complicated and messy," he told The Huffington Post in an email. But Nosek said less intelligent types might be attracted to liberal "simplifying ideologies" as well as conservative ones. What do you think?

Enterprise Mashups in Major Transition Anthony J. Bradley GVP 3 years at Gartner19 years in IT Anthony J. Coverage Areas: by Anthony J. Back in 2007 and early 2008 I anticipated a rapid rate of enterprise mashup adoption. Then the economic downturn hit us hard. Then a shift in the need began. This new use case is now rippling through the enterprise mashup technology sector. I still believe that end user empowerment is the nirvana for enterprise mashups. Category: Uncategorized Tags:

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