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  • The fallacy of “doing life right”

    I was taught that here was a “right” way of doing life… I shook some of that off, but the ghosts still haunt me The way we’ve been taught to “do” life is all wrong. “Destinational living”, by which we pursue recognisable outcomes based on the lie that these will guarantee security and happiness, is…

  • A CEO letter to the Board…long overdue

    “Shareholder value” makes my blood boil. Ever since we started this Shareholder Value nonsense, our values have gone to hell. The frontline employees tell me that this gets in the way of serving customers: they are forced to see dollar signs out there, not people. Consequently, many of them don’t give a damn any more. As one…

  • Silly Games of the 21st C: Reputation shorting

    Here’s me shorting Musk’s reputation to increase my own in a community… notice the drop in submission activity, but the big jump in cumulative karma. Yes, it’s as dumb as it sounds. Only posted because it’s a weird early 21st C Sci Fi trope come to life.