Why Creativity is Incompatible with Collectivism/Socialism 2019-07-30 | Reading time: 16 minutes A short comment on creativity and collectivism/socialism with a few (longer) quotations.[show the article]
The Right Kind of Wrong. Or: Using bad practice just because it’s industry standard. 2019-07-30 | Reading time: 1 minute What do you do when something is "industry standard", but clearly inferior. Yet, you get into trouble when you do it better, because people don't recognize it as better?[show the article]
Regulating citizens to the mean (with an SD of 0) 2019-06-05 | Reading time: 5 minutes 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.[show the article]
Knight Forks 2019-06-05 | Reading time: 1 minute 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[show the article]
Beautiful graphic novel by Scott McCloud: «The Sculptor» 2019-04-06 | Reading time: 1 minute 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.[show the article]
Gab.ai releases Dissenter — A tool to free comments on the Internet 2019-02-28 | Reading time: 2 minutes Gab.ai introduced Dissenter, a tool (website/browser plugin) to comment on websites (incl. tweets, news stories, etc.). Practically anything with an URL. So, all that closed comments on news sites ... they're open again.[show the article]
There (likely) is no single best reading position 2019-01-05 | Reading time: 1 minute 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.[show the article]
Maladaptive Communication with Masks 2019-01-05 | Reading time: 2 minutes A short comment an an issue when it comes to communicating ideas and giving feedback.[show the article]
Recommendation: “The Orville” 2018-11-08 | Reading time: 2 minutes A short recommendation of a great sci-fi series which embodies the best of Star Trek ... only more human than humanistic.[show the article]
