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Man Boobs

This phrase - a silly and somewhat mean-spirited nickname - represents one of the blunders that Daryl Morey found himself making in his work picking the best possible basketball players for the Houston Rockets basketball team.

Israeli Army

This organization is the place where Daniel Kahneman crafted some of his first influential project designs meant to help refine the organization's selection process for recruits.

Briefcases

A main person in the book has a collection of these objects, and they are representative of the person's drive for organization, order, and minimalism.

Cigarettes

One partner in the famous collaboration of two psychologists on which the book is based is a heavy daily user of these, which the other partner hates but overlooks the first partner's use of.

MacArthur Fellowship

This prestigious award, also known as a "genius grant," was given to one famous psychologist in the 1980s and...

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