π WWW
The first of a two parter I dropped onto LinkedIN yesterday.
π The Age Of Reason Has Ended
In a sentence …
A fresh newsletter that calls out our obsession with control and why clinging to old structures is exactly whatβs keeping us stuck.
If you like and feel inspired - all the usual LinkedIN features are at your disposal.
If you don’t. Apologies in advance.
I just added 5 albums to my ‘π΅ Neo Progressive’ (don’t you just love pretentious genres) list on AlbumWhale.
The List of Posts that start on AlbumWhale
Dear Kiwis .. a true story
π Why These Hawaii Travelers Were Jailed And Deported.
Holy mackerel .. German kids on a world adventure, fly from New Zealand to the U.S.A. .. port of entry .. Honolulu … and are arrested, handcuffed, locked up and deported .. the crime seems to be that they hadn’t firm-plans on the specific places they were going to stay, whilst in the U.S.A..
βI was saved by God to make America great againβ
π¬ TΡump
Maybe. Then again …
When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
π¬ attributed to Sinclair Lewis - but actually unknown'
Related β¦.π A poem from 2011 by Terry Ehret
A Public Policy Framework
Another doc prompted by something on LinkedIN - this one around a twenty year old doc called ‘Public Policy Framework for the New Zealand Innovation System’
I was curious as to
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how well we had done - not well.
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how well we could do - hard - but not impossible
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how much the analysis connected to my own experiences and thinking - a lot
While down here, I bang on this a lot - as do others. It never seems to take hold. For whatever reason(s).
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Stop Calling It Content
ContentΒ is a non differentiated, horrible, generic, cheap, replaceable kind of word.
Content is stored in silos - with grains and other commodities.
Content has minimalΒ value.
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The Resistance β¦
Protesters poured into the streets of cities and towns across the United States again on Saturday, in the second wave of protests this month.
Michael Moore: π PROTEST EVERYWHERE β Saturday, April 19
The NYT: π Whatβs Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.
The Guardian: π Protesters fill the streets in cities across the US to denounce Trump agenda. - an ENGLISH newspaper
Join In: 50501 β 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement
The US PRESS continues to ignore it [π Sunday’s Front Pages] - congrats Anhorage!
Good read from Jason Fried …
π Doing what you think, not what you thought
Extending the thought as a Haiku
Good read from Jason Fried
Plans fade, but now is clearer
Decide in the breeze.
πππππ For Kiwiβs everywhere β¦.
(Warning, this is a Facebook short - so if you click to watch, Facebook will plant cookies on your machine. If you block such cookies - the video won’t play. Or you can just let them in. If you donβt get the warning, then you clearly don’t care about the cookies - play away. (That said you should care.))
You can find the actual Facebook link π here
π Maybe There Is an I in Team - Now I Know - writes Dan Lewis. He clearly doesnβt follow me. A reminder for all β¦.
There might not be an βIβ in βtEaMβ .. but there is definitely a βMEβ
π¬ ME
π Will this be the Chinese Century?
Probably yes, though that may not mean what people expect.
π¬ Noah Smith
Had a play with π AI Site Builder from Wordpress. Itβs going to take some tunings and prompts to make it really play nice - requiring time I have not got for a project I do not have. Still. Interesting.
Time To Self Medicate
Is Silicon Valley a destination, or just part of the journey?
… and where is it anyway?
… oh and why, despite the best attempts, countries all over the world seem to fall short of replicating it.
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Pattern Breakers | Breaking The Mold
π Pattern Breakers | Breaking The Mold
I don’t particularly recommend books.
I recommend people.
Mike Maples is one of those people.
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Charity Is Doomed To Fail
π Charity Is Doomed To Fail
If you donβt know who Dan Palotta is - you should.
This is a short introduction to him, his ideas and his work and how it ties to something I wrote nearly 10 years ago.
We built π The Future Found with these principles at core.
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Work Life Balance
Chris Lockhead dropped a post on LinkedIN regarding retirement.
To me retirement is the macro version of the daily work-life balance.
It solves the wrong problem really well.
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If you use Bluesky - and you like to tinker - well - say good bye to your Easter Weekend β¦