Institutions are hard to build and easy to break. Universities, ministries, companies. They usually accumulate a lot of insights and institutional knowledge and can respond pretty well to a wide variety of situations with usually good success. Of course, sometimes… Read More »Institutions as Immune System
Interesting overview of small changes added up
Quick and interesting thoughts on labor vs. the world “A small team at TikTok can alter the attention patterns of a billion teenagers in months. Meanwhile, educational institutions need years just to update their curricula, and democratic governments require decades… Read More »The Leverage Arbitrage: Why Everything Feels Broken
There is a Ship of Theseus about a ship being replaced piece by piece over time until the whole ship is built from the replacement parts. Is it still the same ship or not? The same goes for people. Our… Read More »Our Friends and Family Are Our Extension
Stuff to think about, not take as presented [The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast] We Who Wrestle With God: In the Image of God #theJordanBPetersonPodcast https://podcastaddict.com/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast/episode/188938217 via @PodcastAddict
Humans are not the first to vhange climate
Facts are important, but they are not enough “The Church had mastered the art of narrative dominance, building a system of stories, symbols, and doctrines that made its authority seem natural and inevitable. The geocentric model was one of the… Read More »Why Facts Don’t Change Minds in the Culture Wars—Structure Does
I always have to remind myself of this. Keep it simple, stupid. We have a tendency to overcomplicate things. Doing the simplest action or version is however enough in most cases. Then you can iterate and improve if needed.
History and present of nuclear weapons
Lot of interesting context on this old topic [Lex Fridman Podcast] #455 – Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life #lexFridmanPodcast https://podcastaddict.com/lex-fridman-podcast/episode/188701230 via @PodcastAddict