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The Careerist vs The Craftsman
"The careerist only leases a part of the process, a specialist with no ownership. Compared to the craftsman, a generalist, who sees their creation through from start to finish, the craftsmen not only owns the creation but owns the entire process"
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G7: Rich nations back deal to tax multinationals - Interesting Analysis by Gabriel Zucman
#Comment: Way too little way too late. The G7 is well beyond the point of no return - a transnational mafia state that is rapidly heading for total collapse. Reminder: WEIRD ("Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich & Democratic") make up only 12% of global population. As their economic and technological dominance fades (yet not the attached ego), incumbent non-weird players are more quickly meeting the needs of the next 4 billion coming online.
Related: China's bid for digital-yuan sphere raises red flags at G-7
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Microsoft’s Irish subsidiary paid zero corporation tax on £220bn profit (Guardian)
An Irish subsidiary of Microsoft made a profit of $315bn (£222bn) last year but paid no corporation tax as it is “resident” for tax purposes in Bermuda. The profit generated by Microsoft Round Island One is equal to nearly three-quarters of Ireland’s gross domestic product – even though the company has no employees. The subsidiary, which collects licence fees for the use of copyrighted Microsoft software around the world, recorded an annual profit of $314.7bn in the year to the end of June 2020, according to accounts filed at the Irish Companies Registration Office. The company’s profits jumped from just under $10bn in the previous year and compare with Ireland’s 2020 GDP of €357bn ($433bn).
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This is Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion being demolished.
“Jeffrey [Epstein] requested I send you the below wiring instructions for the Mongolian meeting Larry Summers had in Davos”. ($100k, 2014.) (International Peace Institute KPMG Forensic Review, 2020)
“The check is for the reimbursement of Larry Summers flight"
"Why did Epstein pay for the flight, and what was the purpose of it?"
“You don't call me directly,” Summers said when DN contacted him in September.
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Not invented here (NIH) is the tendency to avoid using or buying products, research, standards, or knowledge from external origins. It is usually adopted by social, corporate, or institutional cultures. Research illustrates a strong bias against ideas from the outside.
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"The greatest challenge of science, its art, lies in asking an important question and framing it in a way that allows it to be broken into manageable pieces, into experiments that can be conducted that ultimately lead to answers. To do this requires a certain kind of genius, one that probes vertically and sees horizontally." - John M.Barry - The Great Influenza (p. 60)
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"How to shift language from me to others" - Effective Communication Tips - by Robin Dreeke
1. Seek their thoughts and opinions, rather giving them yours.
2. Talk in-terms of whats important to them, and their priories - instead of yours.
3. Validate them with out judging them. Have none judgmental curiosity about who they are.
4. Empower them with choices."You can't achieve anything in life alone. It requires good healthy strong relationships. And those relationships are forged on trust. And trust is forged from great interpersonal communication skills. Where you are talking in terms of the other person, your being fully transparent, honest and trustworthy." - Robin Dreeke
Ten Techniques for Quickly Building Trust With Anyone - by Robin Dreeke
1. Establishing Artificial Time Constraints
2. Accommodating Nonverbals
3. Slower Rate of Speech
4. Sympathy or Assistance Theme
5. Ego Suspension
6. Validate Others (techniques: Listening, Thoughtfulness, Validate Thoughts & Opinions.)
7. Ask … How? When? Why?
8. Connect with Quid Pro Quo
9. Gift Giving
10. Manage Expectations6 Steps for Predicting People’s Behavior - by Robin Dreeke
1. Vesting: Does this person believe they will benefit from your success?
2. Longevity: Does this person think they will have a long relationship with you?
3. Reliability: Can this person do what they say they will? And will they?
4. Actions: Does this person consistently demonstrate patterns of positive behavior?
5. Language: Does this person know how to communicate in a positive way?
6. Stability: Does this person consistently demonstrate emotional maturity, self-awareness, and social skills? -
Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced To Sign 'Biometric Consent' Form or Lose Job (vice)
The new cameras, which are being implemented nationwide, use artificial intelligence to access drivers' location, movement, and biometric data.
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If tech giants perfected one thing, it is the fine art of hypocrisy
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Humans now produce 160,000 plastic bags a second, enough to ring the planet 7 times an hour.
Recent studies estimate that we use an astounding 129 billion face masks globally every month—that is 3 million a minute. Most of them are disposable face masks made from plastic microfibers.
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Why Private Equity Should Not Exist - by Matt Stoller
"PE is a political movement whose goal is extend deep managerial controls from a small group of financiers over the producers in the economy."
