Because I’m someone who avoids the three issues presented here, it’s easy for me to say it: I’m for these technologies. Is it infringing on freedom? Eh...driving is a privilege, not a right. Further, fatal accidents cost the public money because fire and police personnel and equipment are part of responding to them.…

It seems like because of the power he holds, everyone reads a lot into everything he does. Especially performers, who are often insecure. Maybe he exploits that some, but I bet there’s a healthy dose of assumptions and projection. I think this for two reasons: (1) because it’s widely known that performers are often…

To be fair, I don’t think it’s that these rich people don’t work; I think it’s that it’s probably been a long time since their work was hands-on. I bet they still spend 60+ hours per week making decisions, attending meetings, and buttering each other up over dinner and retreats and whatnot to get bits of each other’s…

I think for the most part, businesses change when one of three things happen:

Maybe? It was in Organizational Communication in college like 13 years ago or something, but the professor was pretty big on research. I think there’s something to it but I agree it’d be an easy concept to abuse.

Yes. This is an important distinction to make. 

Thanks for the reminders. It’s easy to forget that the things we do intentionally for a certain type of comfort or control have effects we might not be considering. 

I remember talking about attaining the proper amount of stress for productivity. Eustress, I think. The idea was that there’s underload and overload, which both cause performance issues, and there’s “load” where it’s the right pressure to operate best. 

When I was a small child, our landlord/neighbor got drunk, hopped our fence, and my dad caught him peeing on our asparagus. I guess he was really into irony when he got drunk. I don’t think my dad ate asparagus again after that.

1. It’s difficult to believe a performer on the stand.

It’d be interesting to do this one Mythbusters-style. Form teams and give them stunt ideas they have to figure out. You know there will be tons of smaller stunts and pranks that happen during the process. Make the big stunts the payoff at the end of the episode. I think they put a surprising amount of work into being…

I appreciate this article. It’s not telling me what I’m supposed to like. It’s providing a set of parameters that critics use and also acknowledging that the best pizza is the one that fits the moment.

I thought you were telling me Chipotle was rolling out churros. I was excited.

Oatmeal raisin is a great cookie. I think you’re wrong about the people who hate them not having had a good one yet. Here’s the thing: I’ve been told that about foods I don’t like. Then they give me a “good one,” and I still don’t like it. I think if you have to have the best version of something just to tolerate it,…

Rehearsing orders: I used to have standard orders at a few fast food places, so I had sort of a script for them. “A tostada, two tacos, and one order of nachos,” or “whopper, no tomato, extra ketchup...with cheese, please.” Not so much now, though. I think that’s because I used to only order for myself but now I have…

Looks like it got to the point where neither side could justify the legal fees so they basically agreed to give up.

I was just messing with these and found the “Scan Text” function. That kinda blew my clearly behind-the-times mind.

I read this in context of the Rust fines so I’m thinking onset safety. I’m not sure what it takes to halt a production, but it probably impacts more than one person whatever it is.

On some level, I understand Baldwin’s desire to defend himself here—he’s being accused of a lot and he either believes or is trying to convince himself that he’s not guilty of it. He’s not doing much for his image in the court of public opinion, though. At the very best, he comes out looking like an insensitive jerk…

The pepper argument is annoying. Is it flavorless if it’s not fresh-ground? No. Is it the same as fresh-ground? No.