worst_cases – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

An UN Controlled Earth makes for really scary Sci-Fi in “The Expanse”

2020-11-23 | Reading time: 1 minute

Fuck Aliens, there is something much, much worse than "In Space No One Can Hear You Scream" — when you scream, and you're just one of millions. A mere statistic.
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Let’s Upgrade to a prior, better version of DEVONthink for Big Sur

2020-11-23 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Upgraded my Mojave Mac to Big Sur ... and still using DEVONthink Pro Office 2.11.3.
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Screw Optimists and Pessimists, be a Possibilist

2020-11-23 | Reading time: 3 minutes

An interesting quotation from Hans Rosling's "Factufulness".
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Confirmation Bias when Doing an Analysis in HCD

2020-11-23 | Reading time: 1 minute

Look, we are all at least somewhat intelligent and creative. And that can be a bane, not a blessing, when you develop something. Because it can bias how you look for new information.
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It’s easier to stop in the beginning than later

2020-11-23 | Reading time: 1 minute

Okay, I admit it ... there is a quotation, I am thinking Einstein, but I do not know, about how it is easier to stop in the beginning than when you have actually done a few steps. And I think it might fit well to the current Corona measures.
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Since when is Sloth a Virtue?

2020-11-20 | Reading time: 4 minutes

Apparently we now live in a land in which sloth is a virtue, not a deadly sin. Time to break out and use that life ... better.
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Well, teaching face-to-face was fun while it lasted

2020-10-26 | Reading time: 3 minutes

The Corona madness continues ... at the university. Unfortunately.
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Killing Ones Voice with Paid Endorsements

2020-10-25 | Reading time: 1 minute

YouTube and other channels allow people to contribute with their unique perspectives — but if they get successful, they can easily kill their own voices.

Image: Screencapture of Lauren Chen doing a paid endorsement.
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Operationalizing Ethics

2020-10-04 | Reading time: 1 minute

What happens to ethics when you break it down to raw numbers ... because you have to ... for make it usable for a game?
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Well, Stalin wasn’t wrong

2020-10-04 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Some thoughts about an alternate "Superman" history.
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