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Matt Abrahams is a lecturer at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and author. He says that your goal at parties or dinners is to be interested, not interesting. Abrahams recommends thinking about ...

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In mid-September, upon hearing the devastating news of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death, I set aside my usual science and journalism to focus on what seemed to matter most: talking to voters. I spent every ...