Collaboration thrives on complementary flaws.

People cooperate with each other by compensating for one another’s shortcomings.
Only when you realize you can make up for someone else’s weaknesses do you find an opening for negotiation. #ReadingNotes

Teach Fighting: The First Rule Is to Act and Feign Defeat

You hit me? I plead. I say I’m hurt, I ask to see a lawyer, I ask to see a doctor. I want an assessment, I want a claim filed.

If you keep going, you’re not accidentally hitting me—you’re trying to kill me. So I fight back (and then have a full mental breakdown). That’s exactly the kind of client a lawyer hopes to get: completely professional, leaving plenty of room for the experts to work.

Overweight People May Be Generally Less Intelligent

Research suggests fat tissue can actually affect brain performance—in other words, overweight people may generally be less intelligent. TV shows have long portrayed chubby characters as silly and ugly, and there may now be scientific evidence to back that up. (The people most likely to fall for weight-loss scams that prey on IQ taxes are probably overweight, right?)

The Bigger the Belly, The Dumber the Brain? Science Subjournal Finds Direct Evidence That Fat Tissue Affects the Brain

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