Better than the worst
Being better than the worst is easy if you keep the worst around for that reason.
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Interesting Comic Strip: Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida
Interesting looking comic strip with both heartfelt and serious topics.
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Broken Feedback Loops
We need feedback loops, otherwise things get messy.
Image: Meme
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Image: Meme
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Recommendation: «High Noon»
A very good movie, even more so today.
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You Never Get Everyone, not even by Force
Thinking about it, politicians do have it hard. They can never get everyone, because the way to get compliance from one group leads to reactance from the other group. Of course, that pity dissipates when realizing they should never be able to do so.
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Looking for harder to see far-reaching long-term changes
Some things are really noticeable, they scream and demand attention. If we focus only on them, we miss the far-reaching long-term changes. An example using the changes during Covid.
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Process vs Results in (Dis-)Agreement with Decisions
Can you live with a disagreeable result if you respect the process? How about an agreeable result but no respect for the process? And what is worse?
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Prelude to the Coming Winter — The Grasshopper and the Ant (both versions)
The Grasshopper and the Ant fable is currently very relevant, although I wonder which version we will have.
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Attention Economy (presentation in German about Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie)
Just a just-for-fun presentation about attention economy (using, among others, Newport, 2019's Digital Minimalism).
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Sacrificing vs Being More Efficient
There is a lot to be said for efficiency, but sacrificing for the sake of saving is a downward spiral into a frozen hell.
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