Ben Willsher

@bwillsh

British/German/resident Asian. Work in PE and follow cognitive science, analytic psychology, tech, risk and sustainable development.

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    26 Dec 2016

    Things that should be too obvious to say but somehow aren't: the past was much poorer, much more violent & much less equal than the present

    49 replies 638 retweets 1,103 likes
  2. 26 Dec 2016

    I'm in the top 1% of readers on ! See the best of what I read last year.

  3. 30 Nov 2016

    Social Media Is Killing Discourse Because It’s Too Much Like TV

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    8 Nov 2016

    Understanding Trumpnado. This is how to apply history when history is being made:

    17 replies 283 retweets 307 likes
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    11 Jul 2016

    Success has many fathers, but failure only one. The hypocrisy of the British press towards Tony Blair and Iraq.

    Tony Blair’s legacy? Don’t be too quick to judge
    11 replies 105 retweets 146 likes
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    10 Jul 2016

    Nintendo in 2011 on the prospect of smartphone games: "This is absolutely not under consideration."

    Nintendo just opened up another 23% on Pokemon Go. Was up 10% Friday.
    6 replies 69 retweets 107 likes
  7. 9 Jun 2016

    Fascinating read on the effect of disgust on our ethical views, amplifying prejudice and making us more conservative

    Our values change when infectious agents are near – On the power of disgust:
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    28 May 2016

    Finding the future in the past -- a good conversation about applying history to finance and politics:

    2 replies 37 retweets 73 likes
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    7 Mar 2016

    My Orwellian vision of Trump 2024 (looking ahead to The Donald's 3rd term) is now out from behind the paywall:

    18 replies 34 retweets 51 likes
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    26 Feb 2016

    Michael Moritz on Maintaining Success for the Long Term

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    30 Dec 2015

    In a new video, I break down the way DONALD TRUMP answers a question:

    32 replies 435 retweets 566 likes
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    18 Feb 2016

    Most us aren't nearly as open-minded as we think we are, but that can change:

    1 reply 48 retweets 92 likes
  13. 9 Feb 2016

    How to be aware of our tribal hard wiring. Dividing people into "us vs them" leads to a lot of human misery and war.

  14. 3 Feb 2016

    I'm in the top 1% of readers on ! See the best of what I read last year.

  15. Retweeted
    29 Jan 2016

    Democracies around the world are far too oppositional, far too black and white. As a system we need to admit we're all just muddling through

    36 replies 50 retweets 189 likes
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    8 Sep 2015

    Starting to think America is going to try Trump just to see what it's all about, like quinoa or Snapchat.

    19 replies 255 retweets 350 likes
  17. 19 Jan 2016

    Proof that our brains are terrible at quantifying risk. Worry about the cab to the airport, not the plane.

    Last year, out of 3.6 billion air passengers, there were 560 fatalities. That's 0.000012%
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    3 Dec 2015

    Just as owning a car doesn't make us experts on engines, having a brain doesn't mean we understand psychology.

    10 replies 131 retweets 139 likes
  19. 28 Sep 2015

    The capacity for empathic conversation goes hand in hand with the capacity for solitude.

  20. Retweeted
    17 Sep 2015

    This graphic explains 20 cognitive biases that affect your decision-making:

    1 reply 193 retweets 277 likes

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