Prospero | Tim Harford on trial and error
Failure is necessary
Risks are necessary to make progress
By The Economist online
IN THIS fascinating conversation with The Economist, Tim Harford, author of a new book about failure, talks about the direct relationship between progress and risk-taking. It turns out mistakes are useful if we learn from them.
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