Here we are in the last half of the first third of the 21st Century yet I am having a great deal of difficulty because I do not have my eyeballs today, having undergone some surgery this morning.
Tag: communication
Why Imposter Syndrome Can Be a Good Thing
I am a manager due to chance + occasional wise decisions + courage in carrying them through. But when I leave my office, I am just another human being. And when I leave my company, I will continue to be just another human being. Nothing is permanent or deserved.
“Competent, Badass Cops” is Utter Bullshit
So the police have been given all sorts of new “legislative” powers in recent years, including being able to spy on all sorts of communications, as well as being given all sorts of weapons of war, to the point where “law enforcement” is essentially a standing army. Then it takes them over an hour to get around to breaching the door of the alleged shooter in Las Vegas.
Why The Degree is Dying (and Being Replaced by Something Better)
What is a degree? It purports to be a bundle of goods – knowledge, network, social experience, and a permission slip to compete for certain jobs. It’s only one of these. The permission slip, or credential, intended to signal your ability to employers, is the product. That is the thing being bought and sold. The rest is window dressing.
Editor’s Break 032 – Always Be Challenging Jurisdiction (17m)
Editor’s Break 032 looks at Skyler’s trying-hard-but-failing-commitment to Socratic dialog and to always be challenging the claims that laws apply to anyone and that people calling themselves “government” have jurisdiction.
Pick Up a Bigger Pile of Shit
When a conversation isn’t about ideas, but rather someone trying to portray dominance through moralizing, intimidation, virtue signaling, disgust, or whatever … I will either opt not to continue the discussion, or I will play to win. I lose all pretense of the conversation being about ideas, and I will merely strategically try to dominate them.
Triple-Happenstance
Have you ever heard a phrase similar to “bad news comes in threes?” It seems to be true, but it says here that this is not a mystery but a vagary of human communication.
The State Thrives on Ignorance
The state needs the general public to be ignorant, but it doesn’t simply stand aside hoping that people left to their own devices will end up that way.
Two Types of Communicators
Generally speaking, I see two main categories of communicators. This is true among anarchists/voluntaryists, as well as all sorts of other types of people and fields of thought.
My Ongoing Battle with Leviathan
In January of this year (2017) I was notified that my 2015 tax return was going to be audited. 2015 was the first tax year that I wasn’t completely a W2 employee. Half the year was W2, the other 1099. Surprise, surprise, I was one of the lucky ones chosen to be told I owe more money. I responded to the audit request with a request of my own: give me the information you used to determine your code and constitution apply to me, and I’m happy to cooperate.