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American humourist and lecturer · 1818-1885

Josh Billings

American humourist known for comic aphorisms, unconventional phonetic spelling and popular nineteenth-century public lectures.

On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B

An examination of how reward systems encourage unintended behaviour when organisations reward measurable actions rather than the outcomes they seek.

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Marie Curie

Physicist and chemist · 1867-1934

Pioneering researcher on radioactivity who discovered polonium and radium and won two Nobel Prizes.