I’m a software engineer. I’m used to languages being used for a purpose – some languages are better at certain things. I also spend a lot of time as an advisor to other business people. Yesterday I had a call with a friend and I was struck by how we used ‘woo’ terms to navigate…

Charlie Stross tackles the idea of how our mental models limit our thinking. Anyway, a point I’ve already chewed over on this blog is that a spaceship is not like a sea-going vessel, can’t be operated like a sea-going vessel, and the word “ship” in its name feeds into various cognitive biases that may be actively…