{"id":530,"date":"2007-11-30T16:22:44","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T23:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/30\/friday-links-07-11-30\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:46:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:46:20","slug":"friday-links-07-11-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/30\/friday-links-07-11-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links 07-11-30"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.overcomingbias.com\/2007\/11\/lost-purposes.html\">Lost Purposes<\/a> -Another great post at Overcoming Bias. I&#8217;ve talked before about the difference between going to school to learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/05\/dont-confuse-a-degree-with-learning\/\">versus just getting a degree<\/a>. This post explores how it is easy to lose your sight of your actual purpose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.claremontindependent.com\/home\/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&amp;uStory_id=1f7de81e-07cb-472e-ad4e-31164fdcc575\">Stop Simplifying Reality<\/a> &#8211; The road to hell is paved with good intentions. From most of the sources I&#8217;ve heard about the problems in Africa, it seems that more charity is <em>not<\/em> the answer. This article explores how Bono&#8217;s call for more aid to Africa may end up hurting those he wants to help. Hat tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/ben.casnocha.com\/\">Ben Casnocha<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>From the Archives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/10\/dont-be-yourself\/\">Don&#8217;t Be Yourself<\/a> &#8211; Readers of this site know that I dislike the expression &#8220;be yourself&#8221;. 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