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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.
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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?
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The best predictor for future behavior is past behavior. — Or: What I wouldn’t give for a good Learning Analytics System

2019-07-30 | Reading time: 3 minutes

It's impressive what you can do with the information about students performance way before they take their final exam. If there just were a good learning analytics system to ... you know, actually use the information. Of course, that would require that student performance was actually something most universities did care about.
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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.
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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.
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Recommendation: The Rubin Report (esp. Dr. Everett Piper Interview)

2019-02-05 | Reading time: 1 minute

Can't say I'm a fan of religious institutions, but Dr. Everett Pipers Interview on "The Rubin Report" is worth watching.
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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.
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Fasting to Feasting

2019-01-04 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just a short comment on trying out a 72-hour-fast.
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Weight Hacking Part II

2018-11-08 | Reading time: 2 minutes

A short update on an attempt to influence my weight — what worked, what didn't.
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Recommendation: «The Fountainhead» by Ayn Rand

2018-10-06 | Reading time: 1 minute

Not the shortest book, and not that easy to read, but totally worth it — among others for its interesting look on creative and non-creative people, and the forces at odds in society.
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