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Apple is no longer the plucky upstart it was when Steve Jobs returned two decades ago. The company has a market value bigger than the GDP of all but eight countries in the world. In the trailing four quarters, your firm enjoyed a tax rate of about 14%, which has attracted the attention of Senator Warren, among others, who believe it is too low.
Apple has huge economic power, which it uses for competitive advantage. Some of the victims of that economic power are fighting back, not unreasonably, and Apple’s brand with policymakers has taken a beating. The company’s reaction? One of surprise and resentment, which is not working. The time has come to change Apple’s approach.
Source: An Open Letter to Tim Cook on Why Apple Should Compromise With Antitrust Regulators
Learning isn’t just about developing new knowledge and skills. It’s also about learning to collaborate with others, recognizing what knowledge we have to offer and what gaps we must rely on others to help us fill.
In a community of knowledge, an individual is like a single piece in a jigsaw puzzle. Understanding where you fit requires understanding what you know and what others know that you don’t.
Learning your place in a community of knowledge requires becoming aware of all the knowledge outside of yourself. And that’s where the interdisciplinary approach of acquiring liberal education becomes more relevant, where skills like empathy and the ability to listen become more valuable to work well with others. This also means teaching critical thinking skills, not focusing just on facts, facilitating communication, and exchanging ideas.
Source: Multidisciplinary ecosystem for 21st-century education
It’s not just about changing what you have; it’s about building a different mindset. It’s commonly understood that gratitude is good for our mental health, and is associated with less depression and a deeper sense of meaning. But harder than knowing that is practicing it.
Cultivating gratitude is particularly tough when we assume that it means that we shouldn’t ever have negative feelings, or that being appreciative of what we have means ignoring the things we don’t like in our life. To build real gratitude, you must think more deeply about your values, and whether there are aspects of your life that make it harder to live according to them (or even know what they are.)
Source: Ask Dr. Andrea: I think I’m a good person, but I’m so jealous of others. What can I do?
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Piyush Kamal
Ex-IRS, Economist, and a Published Author who loves to play at the intersection of Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, and Philosophy.
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