Impressions from this afternoon's walk
The usual path to the "top"
Research on how to be productive in remote teams: be bursty, switching between solo work & intense periods where everyone is exchanging info together at the same time. Bursts allow idea exchange & solo gets work done. A 1 SD increase in burstiness ups team performance by 29%!
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.” ~E.F. Schumacher
Personal Blogs VS Corporate Web
Personal blogs are a little bit like your local coffee, shop or restaurant on the corner of the street you live on: A unique and intimate place, that enriches your daily life. In contrast, social media and mainstream news are like Starbucks or McDonald's: A uniform, bland experience operated by a giant corporation, that is ultimately bad for your health and bad for your local community - enriching greedy, far away shareholders. Choose your (online) interactions and habits wisely.
Irony
Inflection Point - Where are we at now?
Those who fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it...
Countries which share a greater trade with US or China - 2000 vs 2020
Just hang in there & don't worry
Skylight Plants
Malaysia Destroys 1,000 Bitcoin Mining Rigs With A Steamroller
More than a thousand cryptocurrency mining rigs were flattened in Sarawak, Malaysia, by a street compactor machine. "The electricity theft for mining bitcoin activities has caused frequent power outages and in 2021, three houses were razed due to illegal electricity supply."