worst_cases – Page 17 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Ursula’s back at censoring

2022-02-27

Some things never change — esp. the attempt to censor for ostensibly good purposes.

Image: https://kontroversen.de/tag/ursula-von-der-leyen
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Without meaning, freedom becomes threatening

2022-02-24

A line in «The Daily Drucker» shines an interesting line on the tension between safety and freedom.
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The Logical Choice

2022-02-17

Damn, that scene from «I Robot» just nails the difference between AI and humans.
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Side Effects

2022-02-03

A short comment on side effect, which are not the main effect, but often much, much more devastating.
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Minimal group paradigm and students covering for each other

2022-02-03

An old psychological effect might actually explain why students cover for each other.
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Beautiful example of how socialism doesn’t work

2022-01-28

Yeah, probably not a real example, still, knowing students, it would work. Best example why socialism does not work.
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Beautiful Banter

2022-01-28

If a roughly thousand year old time traveller and a ... well, she was living in the past, after all, historical figure face off, who would win? Well, it depends on your quick-wittedness.
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Interesting interview on leaving illiberal groups and building stuff

2022-01-09

Stumbled upon an interview of Liel Leibovitz — his journey is similar to many other people, but I like his focus on finding the right people and building stuff.
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Giving People a Reason

2022-01-06

Interesting passage from «To kill a Mockingbird» about giving people a reason for one’s … different behavior.
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Some thoughts on the topic of Covid on this blog and a recommendation to an interesting essay from Cory Zue

2022-01-05

Some thoughts on the topic of Covid on this blog and a recommendation to a very well written essay that shows a strikingly similar development to my own on the issue.
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.