Sunday Reads...
- Greg McNeilly
- Mar 30, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 20
An irregular round-up of interesting reads. Most of these made me go "hmmmmm," none of them imply concurrence:
Quote of the Day:
All governments suffer a recurring problem: power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. - Frank Herbert
If accurate, a sad look behind the growing assisted suicide industry in Canada.
Mercantilism appears alive and well.
Correlated (not causative) data and resulting conclusions suggest that one’s learning track is fair set by the fifth grade.
The dangerous world of state-actors – that is governments – framing the definitions of what “disinformation” is.
Prep’ing surge.
Langely Air Force Base under "swarm assault." Meanwhile, the mainstream media is preoccupied with ?
The 16-least financially rewarding college majors (spoiler alert - they're not STEM fields).
An interesting reflection on the "State of Entertainment" culture.
How firms are using generative AI.
Some "musings" on the "Dumb Side of Smart People." Jump quote:
"The biggest risk to an evolving system is that you become bogged down by experts from a world that no longer exists. The more evolution you have, the more you should expect that expertise has a shelf life. And those most susceptible to that risk are the people you’d least suspect: The smartest and most intelligent, who at one point flashed their brilliance but struggled to admit that it can’t be repeated."
