Gender – Page 12 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Dealing with Hate Mails

2015-01-31

Not that much a fan of Richard Dawkins, but his approach to dealing with hate mail ... yep, got something.
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Recommendation: Aaron Clarey’s Asshole Consulting Videos, esp. Video Request reg. a Girl’s Concerns About Majoring in STEM

2015-01-30

One of the gems on YouTube if you want another perspective, esp. this video about a girl's concerns about majoring in STEM.
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Questionable Views in Academia

2015-01-12

There was an interesting question on stackexchange Academia regarding how to deal with the questionable views of a colleague and whether his prospective employer should be warned about them. I repost the question and one answer (mine) here.
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Intelligence Squared Debates — like a TED Talk where you hear more than one side (also: paying for sex)

2015-01-10

A shout out to a series of very interesting debates: Intelligence Squared. They cover different topics, are usually very good (with a few exceptions) and are very well moderated.
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Support Roles

2015-01-09

A comment on an interesting posting at LessWrong about the importance of sidekicks.
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Everyday (online) Sadism

2014-10-31

Some short remarks regarding a study about trolling. And a rant in the context of #GamerGate.
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Like a Medicine Ball to the Chest

2014-10-07

Sometimes you can make your message too emotionally effective. Especially if you do not provide your recipients with ways to deal with the emotional impact in a constructive way.
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Honest Journalism

2014-10-04

There's talk about the decline of journalism, but sometimes, you stumble upon honest and heartfelt articles. This is one of them.
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Figureheads vs. Opinion Leaders

2014-09-30

A comment on the use of figureheads for movements vs. opinion leaders -- and the way it can get you publicity, or expose your biases.

Image by unknown (Douglas Fairbanks Prod. / United Artists) (http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/image/26576) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Social Justice Parasites

2014-09-24

An addendum to the last posting and a comment on "Social Justice Warriors", or rather: "Social Justice Parasites".

Image: by Gilles San Martin [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.