I had an interesting conversation with my friend Ryan yesterday on the topic of conscience. He mentioned that he believed conscience was something all of us had… just some hear it more or less quietly. He thought it shared common principles.
I disagree. I think conscience has two parts:
California public employee pensions were negotiated by unions (who had representatives who STRONGLY and PASSIONATELY cared for their members) and politicians (who strongly and passionately cared that the union members vote for them, but did not care much about the taxpayer).
What was the result?
The union members got unfairly huge payouts at the expense of regular citizens and taxpayers, most of whom have never received remotely as good of benefits and the government workers did.… read more “California Public Employee Pensions Should Be Defunded”
Josh sent me this article.
Interesting.
Yesterday marked 6 full months of no drinking for me. I have felt very healthy and have made big advances in my business during this time. I have rebuilt my recruiting application to sell it to multiple companies. I’ve worked on a number of other business improvements.
Not drinking has been hard for me. At first, I would think about it each day, but now I probably only really want a drink once a week or so.… read more “6 Months Of No Drinking”
http://www.businessinsider.com/intel-ceo-krzanich-sold-shares-after-company-was-informed-of-chip-flaw-2018-1
He should be fired and possibly prosecuted. A CEO who sells all his shares obviously does not believe in the company and should be fired. One who does it under suspicion of insider trading should be prosecuted and serve jail time.
Interesting read here on different theories on why human technologies were slow to rise at first.
I think some core reasons why human technology was slow going at first in order of most likely to least likely are:
I believe that larger corporations and governments are separate thinking entities from any individual person that works for them. They act aggressively in their own interest to pursue a specific goal (for corporations this is profit, for governments it is survival and growth). Many times they will even get rid of their own CEO’s if the CEO is not contributing properly (look at Harvey Weinstein as an example here).… read more “Corporations and Governments are AI”
Concentration is the ability to focus in on a single task with your whole mind. Concentration is when you want to work on a specific task, but you keep looking at your phone instead. It is closely related to willpower, which is a reaction to an internal conflict. Willpower is your ability to force yourself to go to the gym even when you are feeling tired.… read more “Concentration is a Muscle, Don’t Drug It”
I don’t really do New Years resolutions. I have a goals spreadsheet that I track my goal progress (or lack thereof) in each day.
In 2017 I had a few goal categories:
One of my favorite movies is Edge of Tomorrow now. Fantastic entertainment. I think it has deeper meaning too. We only have one life, with maybe a few hundred or a few thousand days if we are lucky. Then it’s game over. I want to give meaning to my life instead of wasting my days on Reddit or Facebook or by not treating people well or by being selfish.… read more “Edge of Tomorrow”