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The art of waiting

Published in July 18th, 2024
Posted by in Philosophy, Strategy
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For someone who is not working a 9–5 job, time takes a very different meaning than for someone who is still on the clock. Moving from one frame of mind to another can be very challenging indeed. Since the mechanical clock was invented and work was scheduled—about 300 years ago—we have gotten so used to […]

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Do we REALLY need citations these days?

Published in July 13th, 2024
Posted by in Strategy
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Back in the heydays of my career I knew the content of a few hundred scientific papers by heart in the field I worked in and I had a passing knowledge of several hundred more. When I wrote an paper, I could make arguments and cite on the fly which paper covered the statement I […]

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What happens to technology if people quit their jobs

Published in July 11th, 2024
Posted by in Strategy, Work
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csdx brought an interesting concern too bear on the last post, namely, that if we all dialed back our 9–5 what would happen to technological progress. Would we become a world of luddites? On a related note, what if people decided to work less? Well, no. The Soviet Union and the Western World had about […]

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