Best of Twitter - Week of October 5, 2020
15% of the population have difficulty telling left and right apart. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
biology: "I recently collaborated on a project where initial interpretation of results was wrong simply because putting a glass slip over a sample to inspect it under a microscope caused around 10% of bacterial (B. subtilis) cells to die."
Software companies have parallel career tracks for engineers and managers. This creates two overlapping status hierarchies. I've been thinking a lot about the profound ways in which it affects engineering culture. New post.
Very thoughtful, stimulating (and sometimes sad) article on creativity, and on connections between creativity and mental illness: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi… (via @jesqa_ )
Getting a lot of pushback against my tweet saying there’s room for a party that is economically left and socially right. Here’s the evidence from Lee Drutman.