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koltkorivera

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About koltkorivera

I am the principal executive of the firm Mentation, which seeks to apply the insights of psychology to improve the lives of individuals and the business of organizations. I hold a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from New York University, and for my research and scholarship I was elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.

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    Comment #5562870

    If they sold gift certificates, they would make an immense fortune. Don't _you_ have people you'd like to send to Mars?

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    Comment #5555989

    Thank you for posting this, danso.

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    Comment #5555986

    Thank you for posting this, chrisacky.

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    Comment #5550317

    The author does well to point the finger for the New Groupthink at contemporary educational practices--which, on the one hand, extol "nurturing each student's uniqueness" but then …

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    Comment #5550283

    I am not at all convinced by the author's logic. Take television for example. Yes, television has a platform. But perhaps the biggest mistake that broadcast television networks are…

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    Comment #5550257

    This all comes down to a distinction that is not made in the article at all. One has a choice in engaging the news: one can be a passive consumer of whatever gets thrown at one, or…

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    Comment #5545329

    Okay. Point made. Frankly, in a culture that tends to ignore the long-term on so many dimensions, this is a welcome little bit of software. One thing, though: It should ask for "Da…

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    Comment #5545316

    Thing is, this kind of logic has been used before, to justify hiring strategies that left the unbalanced status quo untouched (whether in relation to gender, race, or whatever). Th…

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    Comment #5545285

    Here are some books that I have found worthwhile, for the complete and utter beginner--really, preliminary to learning about genomics itself: --Matt Ridley (1999). _Genome: The aut…