Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. Social media turns life into episodes.When money exchanges hands, something is being bought.Constraints liberate, liberties constrain. —Runar BjarnsonSoftware is eating the world.Never forget that society can go balls-up at any moment.Pleasures deferred can be pleasures foregone."A compromise is an agreement between two … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-04
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How to Make Enemies and Influence People
"This essay outlines the characteristics of what I call the ‘totalitarian mindset’. Under certain circumstances, human beings engage in patterns of thinking and behavior that are extremely closed and intolerant of difference and pluralism. These patterns of thinking and behaving lead us towards totalitarian, anti-pluralistic futures. An awareness of how these patterns arise, how individuals … Continue reading How to Make Enemies and Influence People
