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The Rise and Fall of the Growth Mindset
How a powerful idea reshaped psychology, conquered classrooms and boardrooms, and then shrank under the weight of evidence.
Sep 20
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Alexei Kapterev
May 2025
What's wrong with theories of vertical development
In short, it's that they are seductive, but empirically flawed narratives.
May 29
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Alexei Kapterev
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April 2025
The Trauma Math Doesn't Add Up
If someone is depressed, it's far more likely to be because they lost their job three months ago than because their parents made them finish their…
Apr 20
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Alexei Kapterev
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March 2025
Training Seems Like an Obvious Good Thing—But Is It?
Training appears to be an obvious benefit: we give people access to knowledge, mentors, and development programs, and they become more productive…
Mar 10
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Alexei Kapterev
January 2025
The Science on Psychotherapy: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why
Below is a summary of what I’ve read on over the past year psychotherapy, with sources listed at the end.
Jan 9
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Alexei Kapterev
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It's time to integrate reductionism
Reflecting on Wilber's Integral Theory, lessons from 25 Years of Evolution
Jan 7
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Alexei Kapterev
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September 2024
Grant's lost potential
He was a promising science communicator, but politics unfortunately threw him off course.
Sep 27, 2024
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Alexei Kapterev
August 2024
The Meaning of Clothing
Dissecting the style of Steve Jobs
Aug 18, 2024
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Alexei Kapterev
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April 2024
Your team needs a minimally workable ideology
Too much rigidity and you're stuck; too little and you stand for nothing.
Apr 9, 2024
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Alexei Kapterev
October 2023
My core system of belief
Hey. It's been a while.
Oct 14, 2023
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Alexei Kapterev
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June 2023
Three books that changed my life
The first draft was written a few months ago after one of the seminars I led. I have had to rewrite it a few times, but I really recommend doing this as…
Jun 23, 2023
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Alexei Kapterev
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May 2023
Listen, so people would listen
It's been a while since I went to a public speaking seminar, yet here I am
May 9, 2023
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Alexei Kapterev
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