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Muslim Brotherhood equivalent to SWP – slow, stolid gerontocrats
This from an excellent Financial Times article entitled “Army will craft post-Mubarak era” (behind a pay-wall, of course) caught my eye. Nice to see gerontocrats are the same the world over… Leaders in Cairo and Washington worry about Islamists taking … Continue reading
Posted in activism, bureaucracy, Financial Times, politics
Tagged gerontocracy, Muslim Brotherhood, SWP
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The Age of Involuntary Transparency, transparently…
A little while back I wrote about “the age of involuntary transparency“. Saw this from Charlie Brooker of the Grauniad; We’ve entered an era in which private conversation is impossible. Ever since Gordon Brown was caught calling Gillian Duffy a … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Brooker, guardian, Involuntary Transparency, panspectron, sousveillance
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These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard….
and there may be many others but they haven’t been discaaarvaaard. Dum dum de dum dum dum, DUM DUM!! The Hidden Traps in Decision Making Harvard Business Review November 2000 by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa … Continue reading
Vigilance, Viagra and … failed alliteration
When Dutch drugmaker Organon International Inc. was conducting clinical trials for a new antihistamine, the secretary in charge of registering the trial volunteers for their medical checkups noticed something: Some volunteers were unusually cheerful. An extraneous observation, perhaps, but one … Continue reading
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Davos again – species’ future thrown in “too hard” basket
This is a sequel of sorts to a blog post where I took a recent cartoon about Davos by Chapatte and posted the end of the notorious 2003 Laurie Garrett email underneath. Today’s Australian (Jan 31, 2011, page 22) had … Continue reading
Posted in apocalypse, competence, death, economics, fear
Tagged Davos, Goyder Line, Wesfarmers
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Isle believe it when I see it.
Marc Roberts, the fantastic cartoonist, has been playing with (i.e. recycling) the “desert island” cliche. Here’s his latest (and last, for now anyhow) desert isle cartoon. Two propositions a) many people have now backed themselves into such a corner, and … Continue reading
Posted in apocalypse, climate, humour
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Repost: Evolutionary Psychology game
Over at “Blag Hag” Jen McCreight has just posted a seriously fun game proposal for geeks… My friend Jason and I accidentally invented this game while at a party last week. The rules are simple: 1. Make an observation about … Continue reading
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Best. Insult. Ever??
Well, I think it’s gotta be up there… “What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could … Continue reading
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Royally Screwed
One of the deep sadnesses in my life is that I won’t be in Blighty for the Royal Wedding (sniffs, wipes tear from eye). Still, I can be an upstanding member of the loyal British public by buying some of … Continue reading
Essential reading for facilitators
Chris Corrigan has just put up a great blog post called The art of giving instructions: 7 practices for facilitators I think one of the hardest things to do as a facilitator is master the art of giving instructions. Even … Continue reading
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