We are social animals of a hierarchical nature. We crave communication, and we are given it. We are made to watch television, occasionally receiving a tidbit of useful information or an interesting show. But if you watch TV with a stopwatch, you’ll find that the benefits it offers are not Continue Reading
What to do with public goods?
Public goods are a type of good that has the following characteristics: The characteristic of non-excludability means that it is practically impossible to exclude a person from the group of consumers of this good. A characteristic of non-rivalrous consumption is that the consumption of a good by one person does Continue Reading
And who are the judges?
—Hello, is this the League of Superheroes?— So, what’s your superpower?“I don’t tell someone that they’re living incorrectly if their values don’t align with mine.”— Your power is too great. When some people judge others, it becomes unclear upon reflection why they are doing so. They condemn something because it Continue Reading
Avoid the news.
Here and below is the translation by Danila Egorov of the article “Avoid News” by Rolf Dobelli. If you are proficient in English, you can stop reading here. Just move on to… link Текст для перевода: .. This article is an antidote to the news. It’s long, so you might Continue Reading
A bit of singularity
It sneaks up on us quietly, gradually. At first, we don’t see it. Then we see it rushing towards us and think we’ll have time to react, but then suddenly, what was that? To notice something, you need to stop and look around. For example, look at the change in Continue Reading
On Justice, Reputation, and Disposable Forks
What is justice? We often hear that justice must prevail, that something is just while something else is not. We want to live in a just society, with a fair court and equitable authority. The question of what justice is was posed by Plato in his book “The Republic,” but Continue Reading
Quarantine 2020 and the Foreboding of Civil War
What is a “revolution”? Oh! What an inexhaustible source of inspiration for a humanitarian! And what kinds of revolutions are there? Is a counter-revolution a revolution? What does Marx say, and what does Rabinovich say? Let’s categorize revolutions. Velvet, orange, top-down, bottom-up, spontaneous, organized. And let’s spread the categories across Continue Reading
Sales
A Jew from Fez What is your budget? How to achieve volume? How to organize cross-selling Level “Default ‘No’” The market for random sales Add yourself Cats in bags Sale of the difference Sexonomics How procurement departments work Paint the pipe. Mushroom model Sex and sales There are nuances. On Continue Reading
Management
Well-formulated result You are already dead. Ethics Commission The Power of Meetings Business processes and radish How to properly resign Dilution of responsibility Applied Reconnaissance. Corporate Governance The company decided On the value system Owner and manager The value of experience E-business It’s time to quit. Welcome to oblivion. Meetings Continue Reading
Leadership
Well-formulated result 400 things a child should know Dogs on a leash Black Sea sabre-toothed fish When you want to stop wanting to want something. What kind of policy should one adopt towards a spouse? You are already dead. Midas 2.0 On the contrary! Where is the justice? How to Continue Reading