Seizing the middle is a chess strategy that involves taking control of the middle of the board, limiting your opponent’s freedom to move their pieces. In the oil industry, John D. Rockefeller infamously employed this strategy to become the richest man of his time. He offered guaranteed business to almost every railroad company in exchange for a larger rebate than his rivals, crippling his competitor’s ability to compete on oil price. Read full article here
Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
