On misunderstandings “When a non-engineer talks to another non-engineer, any inappropriate content gets filtered out on the sending end, so what comes out is a sanitized output stream. If two non-engineers talk to each other, the lack of an input… Read More »All Communication is Strategic
Modern world is great and if someone asks me, in what historical period would I like to live, it would be either now or the future. There are some changes we made to our societies tough, that make some stuff… Read More »Failures of Modern World
Something has shifted “In the past, you had to intentionally dislike people of a specific group and wish them harm. Then you were a bigot. However, this has changed. It is not the intent that matters but the impact.” https://thegeekyleader.com/2025/08/03/how-to-behave-in-the-age-of-callout-and-cancel-culture/
Nice overview of what can go wrong at top management [HBR On Leadership] 3 Types of Executive Team Dysfunction #hbrOnLeadership https://podcastaddict.com/hbr-on-leadership/episode/203777169 via @PodcastAddict
Do we want frictionless world? “LLMs cannot really do people’s jobs – they might be able to kinda do very small parts, especially if quality is not a criterium – but they are always presented as suc” https://tante.cc/2025/07/30/friction-and-not-being-touched/
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
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.
Or at least it might seem so or feel so. What I found out about myself is, that when I am behind my plan, it is really hard for me to get back on track. For example, I wanted to… Read More »Catching Up Is Impossible
Sometimes the situation is bad and getting worse, and there is little you can do to change it. It is how it is. It is good to accept the new reality and then start to figure out how to make… Read More »It Is How It Is
If something is not being fixed, probably someone has not complained enough. People give up because of bureaucracy or pushbacks, or just because they do not care enough. If you care and complain and push until it is solved, two… Read More »Complaining Enough