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What They Hear Matters More Than What You Say

On July 23, 2025September 24, 2026 By Steve SampsonIn Words to the WiseLeave a comment

Unless you’re writing purely for self-expressive purposes, your reader’s interpretation of what you’re saying matters more than your own.

Ode to a Woman and a Civil Servant

On March 9, 2025May 16, 2025 By Steve SampsonIn Formative MemoriesLeave a comment

My mother taught me that to be a decent human you have to despise cruelty. And she was right.

Read Closely, Listen Actively, Lead Wisely

On March 2, 2025 By Steve SampsonIn Words to the WiseLeave a comment

Do whatever it takes to let yourself fully engage—to read and think and write back. The right people will love you for it.

What AI Will Never Know About Ice Cream, June 1981, and Everything Before or Since

On January 21, 2025 By Steve SampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Despite regular claims to the contrary, AI Does Not Have Access to All of Human Knowledge — and It Never Will

Beware the Curse of Knowledge

On January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 By Steve SampsonIn Words to the Wise1 Comment

Expertise can be its own worst enemy.

Check Your Lenses

On January 2, 2021January 1, 2021 By Steve SampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Different tools enable different types of seeing and thinking.

Love and Wisdom

On February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 By Steve SampsonIn Musings6 Comments

Love is wiser than wisdom. Wisdom knows more than knowledge. Knowledge counts more than data.

From the Inside Out and the Outside In

On January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 By Steve SampsonIn Musings4 Comments

We humans understand each other asymmetrically. But that's a good enough place to start.

Keep Bending Toward Justice and Truth

On August 4, 2019January 16, 2021 By Steve SampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Some simple things you can do to make the world better.

Cheating Success

On March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 By Steve SampsonIn Fatherly Advice2 Comments

Real success is about building a better self, which is why you really can't cheat at it.

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