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“If we’re going to share these ideas and stories, we need to recognize that it is important to tell the truth...that nuance matters, and the kids are smart enough to understand nuance.” -Lucie Howell @thehenryford The Sticky List: Words Matter buff.ly/3dH1RUM

New ideas don’t get anywhere without a storyteller. check out the latest issue of the Sticky List: Words Matter buff.ly/2WKU7Kw

“Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.” - Clay Shirky check out the latest issue of The Sticky ListThe Sticky List: Words Matter buff.ly/2YXAQby

“Why don’t facts change our minds? And why would someone continue to believe a false or inaccurate idea anyway? How do such behaviors serve us?" @JamesClear Hallucinations, Reality and How We Learn - The Sticky List buff.ly/35ypyMd

"Pain is something we all try to avoid, both instinctively and consciously. But if you want to do amazing things in life, you need to change your relationship with pain." @shaneparrish Hallucinations, Reality and How We Learn - The Sticky List buff.ly/2L4dF77

Many conversations these days swirl around themes of learning & not knowing, discomfort & ease, resignation & gratitude - a jumble of contradictions & unexpected opportunities for discovery and growth. Hallucinations, Reality and How We Learn buff.ly/3b7o0d1

"You could say that we’re all hallucinating all the time and when we agree on our hallucinations, that’s what we call reality." @anilseth56 Hot off the press - Hallucinations, Reality and How We Learn - The Sticky List buff.ly/2W5clav

@gobeheroes This is too much 😂 Love the nickname. Love the song. See ya at the cookout, @GmacCash. Until then, Big Gretch says stay home and stay safe!

The federal courts will project Trumpism well into the 21st century unless enough people in swing states vote for Biden in November. The cost for constitutional democracy and the rule of law will be incalculable theguardian.com/us-news/2020/a…

Stories to stir your creative juices. Unexpected connections. Conversations with instigators. Resources for getting stuff done. Check out the latest issue of the Sticky List buff.ly/3aHRnm1

Just published the weekly Sticky List. This issue - "Paper, Scissors, Gut" buff.ly/35kEOw4

🔥 Hot off the press: “The Sticky List: Paper, Scissors, Gut” newsletter.stickylab.com/archive/242607 It feels like we’re doing a lot of cutting and pasting as we rearrange, reshape and edit the way we live and work.

"The collective burden our society is placing on #healthcare workers should not be left to the individual consciences of individual #doctors and #nurses" Doctors Are Holding Up Their End of the Bargain. Society Is Not @gcaw writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

A barrel of oil is cheaper than a cup of coffee. Endangered turtles are building more nests than they have in 20 years. And time has slowed to a turtle's pace. Just published this week's issue of the Sticky List: There's No Such Thing as "By the Book" buff.ly/2VQ2wMj

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The retention effect of training buff.ly/2VBsYJr Company training increases the loyalty of its employees. Loyalty also increases if the training improves the employees' chances on the labor market.

One of the weirdest and worst asymmetries in policy right now is that banks and big corporations can get fast, basically unlimited help from the Fed, while small biz and individual help is limited and slowed by congressional process and dysfunction.

‘We had a Shoestring Budget in Good Times’: COVID-19’s Devastating Impact on the Nonprofit Sector buff.ly/2VrhKqQ

Beautiful story of neighbors collaborating - A Plan to Reconnect a Town in Quarantine: 10,000 Onions buff.ly/3cj5a3J