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23 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read
In the British language, I reckon we have over 100 different meanings of the word sorry of which only one is an apology ....

so let me start ...
wasn't listening
get lost
I don't care

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26 Jul
X : How do you value people?
Me : That's an odd question. People aren't resources.
X : But we talk about them as assets.
Me : Them? Gosh, this all feels uncomfortable.
X : But how would you value?
Me : hmmm ...
... it depends upon what your society values, more "Me" or "We" or a bit of both.
X : Explain.
Me : You have "Me" values such as salary, possessions, knowledge, expertise etc. Then you have"We" values such as giving back to society, enabling others.
X : How can you value then?
Me : If you're thinking assets then people die. So, the "Me" always reduces to zero. However the "We" value can continue for much longer, they can become embedded in the memory of the collective itself through symbols (like statues) or heroes of some story. Image
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25 Jul
X : Your peace, war and wonder cycle
Me : ... yes?
X : ... what did you mean by social change?
Me : Example?
X : This ...
Me : Oh. Social stuff will happen, kicking off around 2025-2030 and ongoing to 2040.
X : What stuff?
Me : There are couple of different paths, anyway that's from a time ago.
X : You're not answering.
Me : I know. But we will see soon enough.
X : Still not any clearer. Perhaps put your predictions in escrow?
Me : No interest. I've even removed it from the heatmap and I don't make any claim other than it was a mistake to include it in the first place. On the upside it got me thinking more about culture and society ... Image
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24 Jul
Setting up 365, need to integrate google calendar and ... read only. Are you effing kidding me, this is 2021. Ok, well at least I can have an integrated mailbox ... oh wait, no? I need to create search function or script. Jesus ... this is just a turd.
Oh, I can use Google Workspace Sync for Microsoft Outlook (GWSMO) if I'm a G-Sync user ... I wonder when they forget the bit about focusing on user needs and replaced it with focusing on business needs. Gosh, I wish Amazon did email and calendars. That would actually work.
Sorry G-Suite not G-Sync ... any suggestions on good packages out there which integrate Google / Mac / Outlook together in a sensible way with 2 way sync across multiple devices or is that something which doesn't exist in practical terms?
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24 Jul
And here we go, China starts to tackle the issues of inequality ... no, this isn't just a random activity ....
China will not only lead technologically but will tackle inequality and poverty. It's going to make things awfully difficult in the West -
Inequality is the Achilles heel of our market system and it's only amplified by chronically poor leadership and almost no situational awareness. By China showing a different way, the West will simply tear itself apart through strife -
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23 Jul
X : Any thought on how to deal with what is happening with the Conservatives?
Me : First, you need to understand that they are not Conservatives (in a recognisable form). This is Boris' party, so stop calling them Conservatives, call them what they are - Boris' party ...
... they are a complete break from the past. Values of integrity have gone and you can see that from behaviour. All those old rituals, symbols and heroes of the past are meaningless in this context. The values are Boris, the party is Boris, the symbol is Boris, the hero is Boris.
And he has absolute control within that Party, it doesn't matter how loyal (Hancock), what outcomes you achieved (Cummings), your history (Grieve et al) ... the only safety is in closeness and favour of Boris and that means making Boris look good.
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22 Jul
The genesis of something new is called an innovation.

Every feature added to a custom built thing is called an innovation.

The creation of a product from what was once custom built is called an innovation.

Every product to utility business model is called an innovation.

...
... all four of those things are wildly different, requiring different skills, different attitudes, different financing, different methods .... they are all however called the same thing.

Innovation

It is a dreadful word. Mostly useless ...
... which is why is so pleasing to see the EU start to consider context, to do a bit of mapping in its recent strategy work.

Which brings me to the UK Innovation Strategy - gov.uk/government/pub… ...
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