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Warren Buffett's business partner kicked himself for making a multibillion-dollar error —and explained how he avoids repeating mistakes

Charlie Munger bemoaned his decision not to buy more shares of Belridge Oil in the 1970s, blasting …

Theron Mohamed   


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Harvard Professor Steven Pinker on 7 trends that show world progress

Wars still go on, including the worst war in a generation in Syria, but by and large the trend in w…

Jen Atalla,Jessica Orwig   


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Harvard professor Steven Pinker explains the disturbing truth behind Trump's two favorite phrases

"Fake News" is a real phenomenon. There are sleazy predators who cook up completely apocryphal news…

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Why world-renowned Harvard linguist Steven Pinker loves emoji and you should too

"A gifted wordsmith can make it clear that something is intended in jest, however, if it is not hit…

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12 books that Bill Gates thinks everyone should read

We sifted through years of his book recommendations to find 12 that made especially strong impressi…

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12 books that Bill Gates thinks everyone should read

We sifted through years of his book recommendations to find 12 that made especially strong impressi…

Shana Lebowitz,Mike Nudelman   


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Why Mark Zuckerberg thinks everyone can learn something from Pixar

I love reading first-hand accounts about how people build great companies like Pixar and nurture in…

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Here are the core lessons from a book that Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates think everyone should read

Pinker's 2002 book "The Blank Slate" argues that the evolution of the brain disproves the "blank sl…

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Charlie Munger made billions for Berkshire Hathaway, but he made investing mistakes too

"I regard Alibaba as one of the worst mistakes I ever made," Munger said at Daily Journal's annual …

Huileng Tan   


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'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' are both about death

Despite outward appearances, the two summer blockbusters share more than just an opening day. They …

Maiya Focht   


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Yes, you should have children, even in the face of climate change!

No need to worry about screwing your kids by bringing them into an imperfect world. The world has a…

Henry Blodget   


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Bill Gates has a new favorite book - and he says everyone should read it

Gates shared some of the facts Pinker highlights in the book, including amusing stats like the aver…

Chris Weller   


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Bill Gates says this new book is his all-time favorite - and it reveals a striking change in the death risks Americans face

In his book, Pinker highlights other statistics that suggest significant social improvement worldwi…

Jeremy Berke   


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The author of Bill Gates' favorite book suggests 9 big reasons the world is getting better

"You can always fool yourself into seeing a decline if you compare bleeding headlines of the p…

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Bill Gates reads 50 books a year and says this is his all-time favorite - here are his top highlights

Pinker - a professor of psychology at Harvard and the author of countless popular science titles - …

Jeremy Berke   


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AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot shouldn't be given to people over 65, Germany's vaccine committee reportedly says

Europe's regulator is set to decide on Friday whether to approve the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus…

Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce   


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Bill Gates just revealed his 2 favorite books of 2018 so far

"Enlightenment Now" takes the approach [Pinker] uses in 'Better Angels' to track violence throughou…

Hilary Brueck   


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3 core lessons from the book Bill Gates recommends to every new college graduate

Gates recommends the book as a way to keep the idealism of one's early 20s alive in a world where n…

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Bill Gates says his two favorite books from 2018 'explain that the world is getting better'

As Business Insider previously reported, the book devotes a chapter to each of 15 measures of progr…

Shana Lebowitz