Straight-Line Stats
The assumption that a statistical trend will just continue in the same direction; lacking nuance
What is the straight-line instinct?
The shield between the world and our brain
What is the attention filter?
Hans's grandson Mino's height at 10 years old when following a linear trend.
What is 160 inches - over 13 feet?
The #4 communication truth everyone should know:
SMILING ANGRY
well-dressed vs. well-dressed
angry smiling
What is "First Impressions Last"?
The year that KCF was founded
What is 2000?
The maximum population the world will ever reach, according to UN projections
What is 11 billion people?
The three dangerous perceptions which trigger our fear instinct.
What are physical harm, captivity, and contamination?
The day Hans was sitting at his office in Stockholm and noticed a doubling trend in Ebola statistics.
What is September 23, 2014?
This nonverbal communication skill is important to the comfort level of a conversation; here's looking at you
What is eye contact?
In the 21st century, the interconnected sensors, instruments, and other "things" networked together with computers' industrial applications
Statistical curves that show an increased prevalence at middle income levels but a drop off on Level 4; cavities, traffic deaths, child drownings
What are humps?
The number of existing nuclear warheads in 1986, compared to 15,000 today
What is 64,000?
The town in Sweden where Hans worked in 1975
What is Hudiksvall?
From Alison Doyle; listening, friendliness, open-mindedness, feedback, confidence, non-verbal communications, clarity/concision, empathy, respect
What are the "Top 10 Communication Skills for Workplace Success"?
Jeremy Frank's birthday
What is June 22nd?
The number of babies born per woman in 1965
What is 5?
The drop in deaths per capita due to natural disasters, as a percentage of the same stat 100 years ago
What is 6%?
The phrase Hans muttered in Russian to the "bleeding" Swedish pilot
What is, "All is calm, comrade, Swedish hospital"?
He highlighted the inability of humans to exactly communicate our intended ideas; he said, "We are not computers. You cannot say what you mean."
Who is Antoni Lacinai?
KCF's first major product
What is the Smart Tether?
If you start with one grain of rice on the corner square of a chess board and double it for each new square until all squares are full, you, like Lord Krishna, would have this many grains of rice.
What is 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 grains of rice?
159 deaths per year vs. 7500 deaths per year
What are the U.S. death rates due to terrorism vs. drunk driving?
The organization Hans "won" the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize with; IPPNW
What is International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War?
According to Marcus Alexander Velazquez, this is one of two possible impacts your actions have on your words; promote or ________
What is nullify?
Former doctoral vibrations student; the "C" in "KCF".
Who is Dr. Weicheng Chen?