Imagine if you were able to take, to accept, a world in which there was "zero growth". What would its implications be? Would it be undeniably negative? I can imagine a world in which insurance is provided by friends and family, by community instead of commerce. If one needs help, one looks for one's own,... Continue Reading →
IT Replacing Labour and the Possible Fragility of the Economy
Latest stats on the US Economy, written up about by Andrew McAfee. He posits the fact that unemployment's not going up while other economic stats are might be due to greater IT spend -- technology replacing labour? Seeing what I've seen in my half decade in the workforce I can't say I disagree: too many... Continue Reading →
Have meat if you’re usually vegetarian
For the third or fourth time in a couple of days, through chance alone, I came across four websites espousing the benefits of "mixing things up" through changes in habits. All four recommended "having the vegetarian dish if you normally have meat". Why not the other way round? Why not have meat if you're normally... Continue Reading →
Risk vs. Uncertainty (Part II): The Secure Print & Scan Edition
I remember once talking to a friend in HR who lamented the fact that her office didn’t have a way to securely scan or print documents. Because she worked in a department with highly sensitive data, I thought that it was strange it wasn’t made available to her. I recommended that she put in a... Continue Reading →
Masks: A poem by Shel Silverstein
I came across a beautiful poem by Shel Silverstein called "Masks", that reminded me of how we can sometimes go through our whole lives pretending to be someone else, hoping to find like-minded souls but afraid to reveal our true selves. She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And... Continue Reading →
A kindler, gentler philosophy of success
A great talk by one of my favourite authors Alain de Botton, speaking on success. A quote that I absolutely love, from the talk: The next time you see someone driving a Ferrari, don't think this is somebody who's greedy. Think of this as somebody who's incredibly vulnerable, and in need of love.
I want to live a positively interesting life
Because that's the best way I know of living a "good" life. To live the good life, I'll want to live a positively interesting life. There's something I heard or read about before about performance measurement: that if you want to positively reinforce the behaviour of someone, you should not reward based on outcome, but rather... Continue Reading →
Exceptional talent is about hard work
Saw an article by Entrepreneur.com on Facebook about a section in Robert Greene's book, talking about how exceptional talent is about hard work: He says that there is no such thing as being born into superior success. Rather, those politicians, entrepreneurs, scientists, athletes and artists who rise above the rest in their field, achieving what... Continue Reading →
Living in the Future
I tend to live in the future more than I live in the present or the past. I’m constantly thinking about what comes next, and how events will come to transpire. This tendency of mine is both blessing and curse. It is a blessing because I’m constantly planning ahead: nasty surprises are few and far... Continue Reading →
What’s Next?
“What’s next?” That’s a question I find myself asking increasingly frequently these days. A question that is more often than not left to evaporate into the void without a hint of an answer lurking anywhere. Haven't felt this aimless since... Never. That's right: I've never felt this aimless. I used to have these feelings of... Continue Reading →
Donn, fragments 