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...identical multiplication problems on the screen in reverse order and showed that a person’s estimate of the answer depends on whether the numbers are arranged in ascending or descending order, with higher estimates predicted when larger numbers come first. Kahneman explained that much of the success of his work has come from its narrow focus. “We did not try to make a general model of what we found because much of its meaning would have been lost,” he said. Although the work may be narrow in its focus, it has proved...
...screwed up,” she said. “There may be room within an organization to parse out these differences, but the larger climate may not care.” Ebrahim said that one of the biggest obstacles for nonprofits is their reliance on numbers to assess success. Ebrahim concluded his speech with a quote from Einstein to highlight this “general bias”: “Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted...
...that prejudice is keeping women and minorities out of politics and business. In this frame, their presidential candidates are appealing. If Senator Barack Obama wins the nomination, racism will recede from the inner city. If Senator Hillary Clinton wins, sexism will exit the boardroom. According to these ideologues, economic success is tied to political success, and one must occur for the other to follow...
History, however, suggests the opposite. Political success is separate from economic success, and culture causes many of the gender and racial divides in our country...
...longer and harder than their white counterparts in menial, low paying jobs. They insisted that their children graduate from school to capitalize on these initial gains. As a result, Japanese Americans today earn higher annual incomes than whites, though they hold only several hundred political offices nationwide. Their economic success doesn’t rely on political power. Political success doesn’t always translate into economic success either. The Irish, for example, controlled the police forces and fire departments of most major American cities by the late nineteenth century. For years, they governed capitals like Boston...