Two sides of the same coin
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We Need a New Operating System: The Gauntlet has been laid down
With Covid-19 set to send the world into a 1930s-style depression, or probably worse, pundits are busy asking whether this is the end of capitalism as we know it. It was the same during the 2008 financial crisis. But nothing much changed. We soon went back to business-as-usual. And nothing much will change this time
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Better audio quality on your videocalls
How to: record great-sounding podcasts over Zoom I’ve been experimenting with different methods for improving the audio quality of my videocalls, both for meetings and for recorded conversations like podcasts. So I have a few suggestions to make your next call sound less like a laptop, more like a studio. I’ll start with some microphone basics. Then,
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Donald Trump, role fit, & COVID-19
In 2017, I wrote a series of articles comparing the complexity of thinking demonstrated by eight current and recent national leaders. One of our major findings was that the reasoning demonstrated by Donald Trump was far less complex than the reasoning demonstrated by all of the other leaders in our international sample, which was composed
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Hi Matt, thanks for your points.
Hi Matt, thanks for your points. it prompts me to review the para your highlight and review it so it creates less misunderstanding. what i wanted to say is this: we see all three types of failures: Big Data, Big Business, and Big Govt. The problem is exactly the Big part of these terms. what
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Hey Glenn,
Hey Glenn, There is reason to be “optimistic” but only if you can accept the reality of full planetary overshoot and systemic collapse. (Not a typical definition of optimism, more accurate to say we are realistic and we take scientific research seriously). The majority of US citizens are not going to get it. They are
Look for the kernel of truth: A good-in-a-crisis micro-VCoL
Look for the kernel of truth: A good-in-a-crisis micro-VCoL from Lectica During a world-wide crisis, stressful thoughts and events can put us on edge, and when we’re on edge, small irritations often get blown out of proportion. To make things worse, just when our ability to deal with unsolicited advice, negative feedback, or disagreements is at
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5 Decentralised Organising Tips For A New COVID-19 Volunteer Project
Photo by Will H McMahan on Unsplash Engaging volunteers; learning loops; decision-making; care; celebration Today I had a call with Manu Alzuru from Fight Pandemics, a brand new volunteer project enabling peer-to-peer mutual aid in response to COVID-19. I gave him 30 minutes of rapid-fire advice, some of the “top tips” for a new self-organising network
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Reflection on the Journey: Hosting the First Pitt U.Lab Hub
Co-authored by Dr. Gemma Jiang, Dr. Stephanie Romero, Christina Ong, and Jackson Martin 2019is the inaugural year of the Pitt u.lab hub. Before we embark on the u.lab 2x journey this spring, we would like to pause to reflect on our journey together during the past fall, from the perspectives of the setup of the hub,
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The Meaning of Sacrifice at Easter
Extract from The Moves that Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life by Jonathan Rowson (Bloomsbury 2019). The audio extract of this chapter is available here. In the Christian tradition, the time between Good Friday when Christ was crucified and his resurrection on Easter Sunday is a moment of repose between despair and
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