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Read more: Do We Feel Lucky, Punk?
In a previous post, I asked why we accept a system merely because that’s how the system works. Now I’m asking: why do we distrust evidence of our own competence just because that’s how our minds work? I preached that sermon, or gave that talk, or sang that song, and listeners applauded. Some 30 years…
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Right, Left, Right… Halt!
Read more: Right, Left, Right… Halt!Right, Left, Right… Halt! Legend has it that the two sides of the UK House of Commons are separated by two sword-lengths, to prevent heated arguments from turning into physical fights. And no wonder. Business in the House of Commons is frequently heated: a tit-for-tat verbal battle of arguments and insults, blaming “the other side”,…
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Built for them. Broken for us.
Read more: Built for them. Broken for us.Designed by insiders, inflicted on everyone else An email from a trusted sender has gone to Junk again. I have rescued it before. More than once. Each time Outlook has smiled sweetly and assured me that future emails from this address will not be treated as junk. Yet here it is again, sitting in Junk…
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Take it or leave it.
Read more: Take it or leave it.We agree to terms we don’t read so we can use things we don’t fully understand. We consent to things we neither read nor meaningfully have the power to refuse — but it is called agreement. You know what I mean. The long-awaited gadget or device arrives on the doorstep. You rip open the packaging,…