Bennettarium

“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.”

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…

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…

JIRA points are astrology for engineering managers

Don’t repeat misinformation, even for the purpose of debunking it! twitter.com/sciblogsnz/status/1293767650787565569

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.

“The first thing people should do is stop and take a deep breath. Pause and notice how we’re feeling. Once we’re calm, remember that we’ve done this before. We can remind ourselves of what Levels 2 and 3 were like and what we did to get through them.” twitter.com/smcnz/status/1293130947437592576