I first read about the concept of the rider and the elephant in Switch by Chip and Dan Heath. From that book I traced the source back to a guy called Jonathan Haidt, the author of The Happiness Hypothesis. He has been teaching psychology using this concept for more than a decade now.
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The Elephant and The Rider
December 29th, 2013 1 Comment
Tags: Chip Heath · cumulative advantage · Dan Heath · Daniel Kahneman · Jonathan Haidt · Kahlil Gibran · Reason and Passion · self control · Switch · The Happiness Hypothesis · Thinking Fast and Slow · Top 10 List
When Phobos Strikes Again, Racism and the Return of Hope
June 27th, 2013 No Comments
Croesus is a rich king in ancient Greece who is quite enamored with his own wealth. When the wise man Solon comes to visit his kingdom, Croesus asks Solon if he had ever seen greater opulence than his own. Solon replies that birds like peacocks are incomparable in their beauty. Croesus disagrees, and he tries […]
Tags: Croesus · human behaviour · Kahlil Gibran · Nassim Nicholas Taleb · Randy Pausch · Solon · wisdom
