Acceptance: “I’m here for reality. Whatever’s real, bring it. I’ll deal with it.” Acceptance in the buddhist or stoic sense is *not* acceptance of a particular narrative. Acceptance is deference to the world. Dynamic responsiveness to dynamic reality is boss-level Acceptance.

Note well: the apricots in the store ($14 for 3lbs) are not the same as the $1k/ day apricots I used to consume as a kid hanging out in our 3 apricot trees. We got those for “free”, if we would brave the vigilance of two cows who also wanted to eat the free apricots. We would

Addendum: any real world building requires investigation of the specific site, which takes time for a human and a crazy amount of engineering for an automated investigator to parse. If you move the investigation out of bits and into reality, human intelligence wins for the medium

2 areas are exquisitely susceptible to AI disruption: hardware built to be remotely operated (drones). Purely theoretical research (math, programming, algorithm execution) Everything else is: a) hard to do, b) hard to automate, c) resistant to disruption, d) skill dependent.

There’s a little trust baked into every communication. When I talk to someone, it’s nice to think they’ll say true things. Lately I’ve noticed I’m communicating cautiously, wondering what type of crazy thing a person will say while thinking (incorrectly) that it’s true or

The Case of the Re-Locating Pockets Once, you had pants pockets Dainty things, for show. You stuffed them, didn’t fret. Coin pocket: great for keys. Front pouch: good for hands Cute zip thing for cc’s You had a linen coat Mainly for pockets Weighted down, you floated. You

How do you experience Mark Twain. He is modern. He is ancient. He is moral. He is transgressive. Experience Mark Twain as a shadow… verbalizing. Thinking. Being Read it, cringe. Read more, accept. Read even more: understand. Repeat, for all the greats. Tolstoy. Tolkien.

If you’re defeated and assimilated, like the Klingons by the Federation, do you necessarily lose? As a survivor, maybe you win, and you can go on winning as a feature of the dominating entity. Worf, despite being part of an allegedly defeated group, is undoubtedly a winning

Authenticity is a word we use when something could be faked, but isn’t. A “real” transformation that is happening is that things that can’t be faked are ascending, and fakable things are descending in value. Digital art, credentials, sincerity: fakable. Physical works of art,

Knowing if you can (or will) do it is the first part of integrity

This all came about from rumination about my time as a retail store manager um… 19 years ago. The retail store had a binder of interview questions whose answers would not be informative. I threw out the questions and made my own questions, about values, vision and integrity, and

Mark Twain made some adjustments, time traveling with the help of Grok:

Regarding Lies Lies have a long history. Essentially, a lie in an ordinary situation is an attempt to get what you want without regard to another person's requirements. Do not lie, unless it will save someone's life. If you find that a person has answered an interview question

Templates Interviewing for Integrity & Inclusion: Questions Do you, or do you always intend to, treat everyone with a default basis of trust, regardless of any superficial feature such as so-called race, ethnicity, or gender? If you encounter a problem, do you intend to try to

Interviewing as a building block of community and relationships As we build communities, relationships, and ventures, we might want to seek out and curate our members. Group selection and refinement is a crucial factor in community success. The Interview is a valuable tool for

Well, it’s not impossible or even that hard. I propose: modifying the simple interview to find, affirm, and even train people who might be of like mind. Enclose your vision in an interview, and then… try it on people. Random people or select people, anyone. Worst case: you

I’ve been mulling finding the self & its community, for my kids. The planks so far include: make your identity. Don’t let someone do It for you. Design relationships so you can trust yourself and the other individuals. The item after finding yourself is: how do you find others?

Mark Twain, on consciousness, being human, and revolution. His writing is almost current, 125 years later. 👨‍🍳😘 https://t.co/VaiUBzLe1T

Trash cans and circuit breaker boxes are the classic moral hazard. The person designing it just gets paid. The people using it have to unscrew frozen inaccessible nuts and manage exploding garbage bags. Designer gets to think “I’m the greatest” forever. Product Designers: We