Justin Fuller

Reducing Interview Bias

In 2011, researchers at Ben Gurion University in Israel and Columbia University found Judges’ rulings are affected by lunch breaks. The judges granted 65% of parole requests at the beginning of the day. The rate declined steadily until a lunch break, after which the rate jumped back to 65%. They granted almost no requests at the end of the day.

Bias Smells

Only ten years late, I just finished reading Thinking, Fast and Slow. In it, Daniel Kahneman explores biases involved in human intuition.

Embracing Impostor Syndrome

As I’ve progressed through my career, I’ve experienced increasing imposter syndrome. It’s never gone away.

Living on 24 Hours a Day

Halfway through last year, I found myself overwhelmed by my schedule. There were simply too many things to do and not enough time. As we bookworms tend to do, I set out to find books that would teach me to wrangle my schedule.

Asking Stupid Questions

While I’m riffing off of Dan Luu’s post about not being afraid to look stupid, I want to think about asking Stupid Questions. In this post I want to explore: What is a stupid question? What are some examples? Why would I want to ask them? Why don’t I ask them? What is a stupid question? I’m thinking of a specific type of Stupid Question.