change_yourself – Page 9 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Science and the Hard Sciences

2020-06-09

A comment on the reaction (shitstorm) to Hudlicky's essay "'Organic synthesis--Where now?' is thirty years old. A reflection on the current state of affairs".
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Recommendation: The Art of Manliness Podcast

2019-10-19

An (so far) interesting podcast addressing a lot of different topics.
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Climate Change Activism

2019-10-15

Some thoughts on Fridays4Future, Students4Future, and Scientist4Future -- and strikes at schools and universities.

Image: Pale Blue Dot.
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False Dichotomies (Presentation Slides, German)

2019-10-04

Slides (in German) about false dichotomies (a rhetorical fallacy), expanded to cover false moral dichotomies (going back to Haidt and referring Boghossian's and Lindsay's book «How to have impossible conversations»).
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Weight Hacking Part IV – The Long View

2019-09-17

Losing weight is simple, keeping it off is hard. Funny thing, with tracking, you'll see phases, trends and where you'd end up when.
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Wall Board (to get an overview of/plan projects and tasks)

2019-08-25

Currently trying out a wall board to get an overview of/to plan projects and task.
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Regulating citizens to the mean (with an SD of 0)

2019-06-05

There are currently a few ... interesting developments that cast a deep shadow on future creativity. At least, that how it appears to me. It’s not that the situation is a problem now, but there is a trend, and I don’t like where it leads.
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Knight Forks

2019-06-05

A short parallel between a move in chess and a situation in life in which there is no good choice, but you still have to make choice. Image: Wikipedia
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Beautiful graphic novel by Scott McCloud: «The Sculptor»

2019-04-06

A graphic novel about an artist who wants what every artist wants, not being forgotten, and the last 201 days of his life. Beautifully told.
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There (likely) is no single best reading position

2019-01-05

Reading positions are dear to my heart — but I still haven't found one in which I can read for more than a couple of hours. But perhaps variability is the key.
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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.