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  • Hopefulness Is the Warrior Emotion

    Unlike cynicism, hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, and can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position either. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. https://kottke.org/24/08/hopefulness-is-the-warrior-emotion

  • If You Read a Lot of Fiction, Scientists Have Very Good News About Your Brain

    One of my big cargo-cult beefs is the endless consumption of “non-fiction” management books. It was so bad at my last job that I laid into my boss… “we keep reading histories written by winners, but we have not idea how they struggled to WIN and we have no idea about the losers”. It’s a…

  • The Human Tenure Trap

    … we need to recognize that the Human Tenure Trap is not a personal failing, but a systemic challenge. It’s a reflection of our human limitations and the way we’ve structured our organizations and institutions. It’s only by understanding the trap that we can hope to escape it. Otherwise, we risk winning limited battles and…