I came across both of these posts in the last week, and they both highlight the problem of bad legislation. I recommend both – which… Read More »Market Economics: Slate Star Codex on Drugs Vs Chairs and The Grumpy Economist on Paying for Public Toilets
I’ve been listening to Annie Duke’s Thinking in Bets. In it she emphasises the importance of separating judgements about the quality of your decisions from… Read More »Decisions as bets
It may sometimes be expedient to put snot in your empty coffee cup. You may regret it later when drink a refill.
In years like this – of cancellations and deferrals, of plans falling apart – it’s natural to focus on how you’ve been thwarted and what… Read More »What are you being given?
I really liked this post from Seth Godin on 22nd February: That might not be the right questionThe thing is, everyone has ideas. All the… Read More »Seth Godin on “Where do you get your ideas?”
You can make-believe it happens, or pretend that something’s true.You can wish or hope or contemplate a thing you’d like to do,But until you start… Read More »Do it now: Fred Rogers on action, life and learning
Startups are (by necessity) filled with generalists; big companies are filled with specialists. People underestimate how effective a generalist can be at things which are… Read More »Congratulations, you’re the legal department
This morning I came across a great article by Joshua Sokol – Why Artificial Intelligence Like AlphaZero Has Trouble With the Real World – that… Read More »Learning environments: kind, wicked and… fiendish?
Your job is to apply intelligent effort in the service of others. Effort is work done: energy applied to solving problems. There are lots of… Read More »Intelligent Effort
I think I do. Unless it’s an especially good day with the wind at my back, running a good time takes a degree of concentration… Read More »Do you run faster when not listening to a podcast?