About Humans: Index of Names

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Index of Names

7 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Z

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7 Habits of Highly Effective People: We live in cooperative groups; Deep attention satisfies and delivers; Individuals adapt via autonomy; Each group fulfills a purpose; We practice and expect fair play

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Abrams, Frank W.: We strive to balance competing concerns
Adams, John: We think and care big picture and long-term
Aikin, Scott F.: We use critical thinking to tackle hard problems
Allingham, Margaret: We use critical thinking to tackle hard problems
Aristotle: We live in cooperative groups
Asimov, Isaac: We share stories

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Baldwin, James: We practice and expect fair play; We provide education; We recognize religions as human constructs
Baynes, Cary: We each manage four interrelated realms
Bezos, Jeff: We make things for one another
Blake, William: We do not demand perfection; First and last, there is wonder
Bohr, Niels: We recognize religions as human constructs
Bok, Derek: We provide education
Braun, Wernher von: We perform tests
Brooks, David: Friends and colleagues expand the circle
Brower, David: We think and care big picture and long-term
Brown, Brené: We feel a sense of shared humanity
Brown, William J.: We use critical thinking to tackle hard problems
Buffett, Jimmy: We are complex beasts

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Capra, Frank: We can choose to help or hurt one another
Carson, Rachel: We are part of nature
Chabon, Michael: First and last, there is wonder
Chandler, Raymond: We are complex beasts; We appreciate novelty
Chesterton, G. K.: First and last, there is wonder
Christakis, Nicholas: We favor individuation; Family is the foundational paradigm; Friends and colleagues expand the circle; The Social Suite
Christian, David: We communicate via sophisticated languages
Coan, Jim: We live in cooperative groups
Core Design Principles for the Efficacy of Groups: Individuals adapt via autonomy; Each group fulfills a purpose; Groups are often nested; Tribes organize even larger groups; We practice and expect fair play
Cowen, Tyler: Values are not absolutes
Cross, Amanda: Written culture allow groups to expand
Cynefin Framework: We use critical thinking to tackle hard problems

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Descartes, René: First and last, there is wonder
Developmental Levels: Tribes organize even larger groups
Druyan, Ann: We are part of nature; We write things down
Dunbar, Robin: Friends and colleagues expand the circle
Dunbar's number: We favor individuation; Friends and colleagues expand the circle
Durant, Will: We are part of nature; We make things for one another; We compete with one another; Groups adapt via cultural change; Values are not absolutes; We build and maintain civilizations; We provide education
Dymond, Ken: Deep attention satisfies and delivers

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Einstein, Albert: We feel a sense of shared humanity; We practice and expect fair play; We recognize religions as human constructs
Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Written culture allow groups to expand
Enger, Leif: We recognize religions as human constructs

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Fawcett, Edmund: We compete with one another
Feynman, Richard: Deep attention satisfies and delivers
Fink, Larry: Each group fulfills a purpose; We practice and expect fair play
Ford, Henry: We invent new things
Forster, E. M.: We seek unity; We each manage four interrelated realms; Individuals adapt via autonomy
Four-Way Test: We practice and expect fair play
Frankl, Victor: We each manage four interrelated realms; We forge identities that provide meaning
Frei, Frances: Specific trust is built between individuals

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Galbraith, John Kenneth: We use critical thinking to tackle hard problems
Ginsberg, Allen: We make art to communicate with others
Graves, Clare W.: We each manage four interrelated realms; Groups adapt via cultural change

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Harari, Yuval Noah: We forge identities that provide meaning; Our attention is a limited resource; Values are not absolutes; Tribes organize even larger groups
Hare, Brian: We live in cooperative groups
Hesse, Herman: We are part of nature
Huizinga, Johan: We crave play, exploration and innovation
Humanist Manifesto III: We are part of nature; We live in cooperative groups; We perform tests; We figure things out
Hwang, Victor: We think and care big picture and long-term

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Iroquois Nation: We think and care big picture and long-term

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Jefferson, Thomas: We provide education
Jobs, Steve: Individuals adapt via autonomy
Johnson, Steven: We crave play, exploration and innovation

— K —

Kay, Alan: We invent new things
Kelvin, Lord: Experts form peer groups

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Lewis, C. S.: We share stories
Lightman, Alan: We are complex beasts
Lincoln, Abraham: We invent new things
Luce, Edward: We generally trust fellow group members

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Mencken, H. L.: We use critical thinking to tackle hard problems
Miller, Henry: We think and care big picture and long-term
Mosley, Walter: Individuals adapt via autonomy
Motivational Factors for Complex Work: We pursue growth and development; Individuals adapt via autonomy; Each group fulfills a purpose

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Ng, Celeste: Values are not absolutes

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Obama, Barack: Values form one element of a group's culture; We use critical thinking to tackle hard problems

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Penny, Louise: We are fallible
Putnam, Robert: We provide education

— R —

Rogers, John: We share stories

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Sagan, Carl: We are part of nature; We write things down
Samson, David R.: Values are also nested
Santayana, George: We retain what works
Sayers, Dorothy L.: We make things for one another
Schrödinger’s cat: We strive to balance competing concerns
Scorsese, Martin: We are complex beasts
Self Determination Theory: We live in cooperative groups
Self-Determination Theory: We pursue growth and development; Individuals adapt via autonomy
Shaw, George Bernard: We have powerful imaginations
Smith, Adam: We generally trust fellow group members
Social Suite: We favor individuation; Individuals adapt via autonomy; Family is the foundational paradigm; Friends and colleagues expand the circle; Tribes organize even larger groups; We generally trust fellow group members
Spinoza, Baruch: Autonomy provides freedom to balance values

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Taine, Hippolyte: We appreciate novelty
Tribal Instincts: We favor individuation; We make things for one another; We retain what works; We share stories; We pursue growth and development; We invent new things; We compete with one another; Individuals adapt via autonomy; Tribes organize even larger groups
Trueblood, Elton: We think and care big picture and long-term

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Voltaire: We do not demand perfection
Vonnegut, Kurt: We share stories

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Wales, Jimmy: We live in cooperative groups; Specific trust is built between individuals
Wallace, David Foster: Our attention is a limited resource
Watson-Watt, Robert: We do not demand perfection
Wilson, David Sloan: Culture provides a group's operating system; We compete with one another; Groups adapt via cultural change; Friends and colleagues expand the circle
Wilson, David Sloan': Groups are often nested
Woods, Vanessa: We live in cooperative groups

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Zeiders, Ed: We forge identities that provide meaning

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