Guidelines 2022
Given that you already have far more than most people in history, and are as-good-as-certain to have more stuff than you’ll ever need even if… Read More »Guidelines 2022
Values
Freshening Up: DriverlessCroc is on Holiday
Thanks for coming! I’m on holiday until early January, when I’ll be back to posting at least three times a week. Wishing you and yours… Read More »Freshening Up: DriverlessCroc is on Holiday
Design Matters 13: Dark Patterns
Quite a few people have asked, “Why are you actually doing it? You’re in fact making a guidebook for evil designers and making it very… Read More »Design Matters 13: Dark Patterns
A Hole in the Heart
Your organisation can live for a long time with deep cultural problems: broken attitudes to people, to the work, to the people you’re trying to… Read More »A Hole in the Heart
“Shame On You”
… is an odd construction. We don’t say “Joy on you”, or “Pride on you”.* I speculate (please correct me if you know better) that… Read More »“Shame On You”
Christopher Dawson: Culture, Cult and Cultivation
Every culture is like a plant. It must have its roots in the earth, and for sunlight it needs to be open to the spiritual.… Read More »Christopher Dawson: Culture, Cult and Cultivation
Highlight Reel: Elon Musk on Opensourcing Tesla’s Patents
Amazing alternate way to think about patents! @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/srwmi1QQpt — Manish Maheshwari (@manishm) November 20, 2021 See Also: Building blocks and open source organisationsHybrids (4):… Read More »Highlight Reel: Elon Musk on Opensourcing Tesla’s Patents
Qin Hui on the Illusion of Capitalism, and Socialist Market Economies
I came across this translation of Dilemmas via Marginal Revolution. I enjoyed the insights, pithy irony and slightly mysterious turns of phrase.* Here’s translator David… Read More »Qin Hui on the Illusion of Capitalism, and Socialist Market Economies
When you come to our event (2): bonus disc
For those who came in late… Start here… How could I forget? It (almost) goes without saying that the event will start well… … but… Read More »When you come to our event (2): bonus disc
Dark Counterpart
You might have heard the following quote by Samuel Johnson (recorded 1775): “Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has… Read More »Dark Counterpart