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Book Report: Everything Bad Is Good For You

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Lee Brooks — Leave a comment

“So this is the landscape of the Sleeper Curve. Games that force us to probe and telescope. Television shows that require the mind to fill in the blanks, or exercise its emotional intelligence. Software that makes us sit forward, not…

…about Disrupted

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Lee Brooks — 2 Comments

Hey – so the other day I read Dan Lyons‘ Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble. I’d heard about it because of the whole kerfuffle, and then a colleague read it and brought it to the office, so I give…

Book Report: Elements of Wit

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Lee Brooks — 1 Comment

“There you are, in a big sales meeting. The client makes a weak joke in your direction and the boss looks your way. Say something. Say anything. Well, not just anything – you need something clever but innocuous, smart enough to…

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