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When No Figure Is A Fact

> There are no facts, only opinions. The classic, withering brake of the prospect who either (seldom) wants to vigilantly check a detail, or (often) seeks ways to dismiss your plans. The phrase comes in different forms. Add that ‘everything is a perspective, not the truth’. Or swap out ‘opinions’

Know Your XYZs

> The great Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, no stranger to violence, once observed that violence and falsehood are inextricably linked. https://t.co/HExOor3zbj — FEE (@feeonline) September 5, 2020 [https://twitter.com/feeonline/status/1302045786037981186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] According to their website, the Foundation for Economic Education have, since

Disaster Opportunity

Disaster Capitalism is a phrase from just prior the last global economic crash. Suggesting that the dark and shady ‘illuminati’ style forces that profit from keeping their elite at the helm of the system, as the phrase goes, “never let a crisis go to waste”. When the GFC struck, the

Key New Media Chief Graphic

This appears to be the sanctioned, released graphic from the new man at the helm of a media dinosaur. For his first speech as leader. Addressing the impossible job of maintaining the status quo for a national tax-funded broadcaster. May they soon perish and allow fresh and just talent to

Code Creation Cycle

Here’s a quote from Turing Award–winning computer scientist, Leslie Lamport; > “few programmers write even a rough sketch of what their programs will do before they start coding”. Programming author Samer Buna believes a fundamental beginner’s mistake [https://medium.com/edge-coders/the-mistakes-i-made-as-a-beginner-programmer-ac8b3e54c312] is to start writing code

AllSides Political Mapping

These colours are American. From a Likert Scale styling of online news media political leanings. The centre ground – of colour mostly desaturated dark magenta – remember, is not the same thing as impartial output. According to the compilers, unbiased news [https://www.allsides.com/blog/unbiased-news-or-balanced-news-diet-what-do-we-really-want] does not exist. Their 13

5 Foundational Persuasion Bases To Cover

> People will do anything for those who encourage their dreams, justify their failures, allay their fears, confirm their suspicions, and help them throw rocks at their enemies. I came across this sentence from a 2012 Blair Warren ebook. Via a post by Scott Adams [https://www.scottadamssays.com/2018/

Mutant Algorithm Alert

UK end-of-year school exams got cancelled. Great for schoolkids freed of revision. Awkward for those pair of years (aged 16 and 18) for whom marks determine future progress. To any range of moving on to more education or into the real world of work. The education system’s stated solution?

Brewery Piechart Hell

I do like a bit of pop culture pie. Is this one though, a fail? A London brewery, long since gobbled up by/sold out to Big Beer, showcases their latest ad. One “you can drink [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVlNfVCuG2E&has_verified=1]“. There are a

The Curse Of Perfectionism

I learned of this blight from ever-engaging Matthew Syed. Discussing [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buuHV38da5Y] his second book (after 2018’s You Are Awesome) aimed at 8-14 year-old children, Dare To Be You. I was first reminded of the well-trodden delicious warning; don’t let perfect be the