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“Hey, Einstein” – fantastic cartoon
Sheer genius.
Posted in humour, natural world, politics
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Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things.
And, of course, inspiring others to follow – not you, but your example. Must read some Peter Drucker sometime. Only read snippets. Anyway, I should make like the cat, bless her, and stretch out and snore. More tomorrow – it’s … Continue reading
You mean potatoes don’t come from supermarkets?
I’m eating them now. The ones from the community allotment I am involved in. They taste dead good (boiled). This evening I waited ages in a “self-service” queue in the soulless hypermarket nearby because they’re too profit-hungry to have enough … Continue reading
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Rant: Burnout and pseudo-burnout
“However, given the struggle in working out how achieve these visions, they are not necessarily realistic or achievable expectations, and this disparity between long-term goals and short- term actions can be a source of disappointment for activists who have taken … Continue reading
Posted in a little self-knowledge, activism
Tagged burnout, complicity with muppetry
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How long have we got? It’s later than I thought…
Went to a presentation I really really should not have gone to today. Before it kicked off I was saying to a new acquaintance/ally/adversary etc “Oh yeah, I’ve been coming to see this guy for years. It’s never really new. … Continue reading
‘Smart’ people in ‘quite dumb’ shocker…
Dunning-Kruger for ‘smart people’, innit? Read this…. …. for one thing, self-awareness was not particularly useful: as the scientists note, “people who were aware of their own biases were not better able to overcome them.” This finding wouldn’t surprise Kahneman, … Continue reading
Posted in a little self-knowledge, competence
Tagged Cognitive Humility, cognitive limitations, dysrationalia
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Let’s club together against grammar snobs
Posted in competence, humour
Tagged cyanide and happiness, grammar, nobody likes a smart arse
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“Steady-State” as a phrase – already being trimmed
Usually there is some sort of interval between a term being coined and it being completely hollowed out of all meaning. “Sustainable” for a few years meant something. “Resilient” was always tricky, because it meant different things to different groups … Continue reading
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Acing “comment tennis”
I am done with “comment tennis.” What is comment tennis? It’s what happens at the end of a ‘normal’ panel discussion. The panellists (middle-class white men, mostly) have used up all their time (and more). The panellists haven’t really addressed … Continue reading →