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Serial tasking is hard because switching tasks is hard, even when the tasks are easy and similar. In some experiments, bilingual speakers are asked to…

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The amount of resources we put in are disparate. We put billions of dollars into fuel-efficient technologies. How much are we putting…
Busy people all make the same mistake: they assume they are short on time, which of course, they are. But time is…
The ability to save automatically is among the most powerful tools available to us.
It is safe to say that when people are short on cash, they might be less productive at work, be worse parents,…
A few drugs - such as beta-blockers, statins and glycogen control medications - have proved very effective at managing hypertension, heart disease,…
I worry about growing income inequality. But I worry even more that the discussion is too narrowly focused. I worry that our…
Our outrage at inequality is primal. But primal emotions are not always noble ones. Of course, when I see a colleague receive…
Our soft hearts are what tell us that, whatever the circumstances of birth, everyone must be given opportunities to do well.
Things that price at $4.99 sell very differently than things that price at $5.
Even when a man and a woman perform equally well in a task - say, solving math problems - men are more…
Serial tasking is hard because switching tasks is hard, even when the tasks are easy and similar. In some experiments, bilingual speakers…
Task switching is hard because we do not control what is on our mind. Despite our efforts, the original task continues to…

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The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself… — Albert Camus
Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now… — Chester W. Nimitz
Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is… — Henry Ward Beecher
Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts. — Plotinus
The system that would stand midway between capitalism and socialism. — Ludwig von Mises
As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,- Though round its breast… — Oliver Goldsmith
In this world we are in precarious position, balanced midway between material and spiritual hungers. We find heaven to be a delicate… — Harold Klemp
Why can't DFW compete like San Francisco does with Oakland, like Miami does with Fort Lauderdale, and like Chicago O'Hare does with… — John Ensign
After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor. — Jack Adams
With Midway as the turning point, the fortunes of war appeared definitely to shift from our own to the Allied side. The… — Unknown Author
When I'm the speaker, I know that special moment [just before speaking] is the only time I will have the entire audience's… — Scott Berkun
The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway. — Arianna Huffington

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