social – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Entrepreneurship during Crises vs Fairness

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

A short comment on the need for entrepreneurship in crises and how some politicians handle entrepreneurs during Covid.

Image: Walt Disney
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Giving children what they need

2021-09-19 | Reading time: Less than a minute

Just a short comment on providing not only what you did not have, but also what you did have.

Image: Defiance
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Worthy Goals — Avoiding Delicious Treats

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

If you are looking for something to invest time and effort in, it might pay to avoid the «most delicious of moral treats».

Image: Game of Thrones
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Social Loafing in Student Project Work and Minimal Group Paradigm

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Why do students protect group members who do not contribute? Perhaps the minimal group paradigm can explain that behavior.
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Accurate Data … no matter the story

2021-08-17 | Reading time: 1 minute

I knew there were other cases, just not that many. A case for getting actual data.
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Recommendation: The ABC’s of Morality

2021-04-22 | Reading time: 3 minutes

A beautiful book on traditional, well, somewhat libertarian-conservative, morality.
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Some Hope for the Future (Calvin and Hobbes)

2021-04-13 | Reading time: Less than a minute

Given that last two postings were rather negative, simpledisorder.com had a beautiful Calvin and Hobbes inspired motivator.
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Societies (Associations, Clubs, etc.)

2021-04-13 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Just some thoughts on the use of joining societies, more as a personal note than a generally interesting posting.
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Online Hackathon Care Package

2021-01-30 | Reading time: 1 minute

We recently did an online hackathon. To create at least some feeling of presence, we did send out care packages, which were well-received.
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The Mind Parasite has Arrived in the German Student Population

2020-07-31 | Reading time: 2 minutes

I've been criticizing for years the attitude of making racism socially acceptable by being racist against people with white skin color. Unfortunately, the mind parasite has spread, and I recently had my first written exam with this kind of racism.

Image from a German book about nature, from a short excerpt about a person who ostensibly smelled some plants and ended up with a scorpion nest in his brain.
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