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Re:Second-Order Thinking: What Smart People Use to Outperform (2016) on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:20PM (#19578454)

This is already a similar concept -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher-order_thinking

I would be quite happy to see these kinds of concepts rolled into one.

Looking back, most times I heard "higher order thinking" at school, I feel like they meant "thinking at a higher level of abstraction" (as I would describe it now).

You could make an argument that the kind of "nth derivative thinking" identified here is similar though.

Ask HN: Are the Manager Tools podcasts useful for aspiring software managers?

Posted by ausd123 on Monday April 01, 2019 @01:31AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I saw the Manager Tools podcast (https://www.manager-tools.com/podcasts) recommended by a user here a few days ago.I've listened to parts of some of the episodes but I'm not sure whether they are good material for learning management at software companies. In particular, at the start of one of the episodes they indicate that many managers in the software space specifically don't align with...

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Re:Microsoft says encryption laws make companies wary of storing data ... on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:04PM (#19508826)

While I agree with you in theory, it's worth remembering the only reason The Castle has a happy ending is because someone who was already wealthy offered to help out people (for free) who weren't.

Re:Microsoft says encryption laws make companies wary of storing data ... on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @06:46PM (#19506978)

I'm interested to know what the farmers whose properties get taken by mining companies have to say about that.

Though genuinely unsure and curious as to whether that's a separate legal (or perhaps media reporting) issue.