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What have we learned?
Lessons from the pandemic
Ian Leslie
Apr 10
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Elite wars
Unproductive disagreement over the Sewell Report, plus Nick Clegg and David Essex, what more could you ask for?
Ian Leslie
Apr 3
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Joe Biden's secret sauce
Plus: Prince Harry's new jobs, and what I've been reading.
Ian Leslie
Mar 27
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Why do happy couples argue more?
And what has Bayes' theorem got to do with it?
Ian Leslie
Mar 20
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How to think Bayes
A personal take on one of the most influential British thinkers of the last three centuries (plus the usual jamoboree of juicy links).
Ian Leslie
Mar 13
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Tough Talk
The doctor and the waitress, the closing of the American mind, and the artist inside an icon.
Ian Leslie
Feb 27
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True believers
How QAnon wins converts, how people behave in air crashes, and one of the craziest scientific papers ever published.
Ian Leslie
Feb 20
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Good fights
Why we know too much about the virus, how The Beatles argued, and the missing bit of Jordan Peterson's brain.
Ian Leslie
Feb 13
6
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When scientists fall out
Why disagreements get personal, how to feel better about bad surprises, and a heap of good news on Covid.
Ian Leslie
Feb 6
6
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Exit strategies
Jerry Seinfeld on conflict, the irrelevance of 'relevance', and why the virus is on its way out.
Ian Leslie
Jan 30
5
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Man meets moment
Why I liked Biden's speech, how Prince made Kiss, and a story that will blow your mind.
Ian Leslie
Jan 23
9
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So wtf was that about?
Thoughts on the Capitol riot, ideas for improving diversity training, and how to make decisions with limited information.
Ian Leslie
Jan 9
8
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