“When making decisions, instead of asking ourselves which option will give us the best results, we should be asking which option will give us good-enough results under the widest range of future states of the world.” psyche.co/ideas/why-efficiency-is-dangerous-and-sl…
Commentators who don’t know what…
Commentators who don’t know what they’re talking about just make everything worse. twitter.com/LouieTheRed1/status/129919072367416115…
Stop whining! It just makes things…
Stop whining! It just makes things worse. twitter.com/NewsroomNZ/status/1298718427465412610
“To be led by a coward is to be…
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“To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.”
To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.”
Octavia Butler—writing decades ago in a prophetic book set in the 2020s—on how (not) to choose our leaders www.brainpickings.org/2020/08/23/octavia-butler-pa… twitter.com/brainpicker/status/1297622916692168704…
The Myth of Choice — Kent Greenfield
When you need to make a decision, having more choices isn’t necessarily better: what really matters is ending up with a good result. Greenfield cites an old Burger King advert: “Choices don’t mean a thing when there’s nothing good to … Continue reading
Continuous improvement: “the government…
Continuous improvement: “the government is doing an excellent job of continually updating their response and strengthening border controls” www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2020/08/19/covid-19-b…
Hate Inc. — Matt Taibbi
The news is a consumer product. That’s the one thing that Matt Taibbi wants us to learn from this book. He lays out in great detail why the media has become such a monster: conflict is good for ratings, so … Continue reading
Don’t repeat misinformation, even for…
Don’t repeat misinformation, even for the purpose of debunking it! twitter.com/sciblogsnz/status/1293767650787565569
Best voting advice: Voting isn’t…
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Best voting advice: Voting isn’t marriage. It’s public transport. You’re not waiting for “the one”. You’re getting on the bus. And if there isn’t one going exactly to your destination, you don’t stay home and sulk. You take the one that’s going closest to where you want to be.