Food is much cheaper than it was 30 years ago. We’re spending more of our grocery money on processed foods. And other insights.
Source: What America Spends On Groceries : Planet Money : NPR
That’s right. Our military had two, unflown, better-than-Hubble space telescopes just sitting around.
This is the state of our military-industrial-scientific complex in miniature: The military has so much money that it has two extra telescopes better than anything civilians have; meanwhile, NASA will need eight years to find enough change in the couches at Cape Canaveral to turn these gifts into something they can use. Anyone else find anything wrong with this state of affairs?
Source: Hey, Brother, Can You Spare a Hubble? DOD: Sure! Have Two – The Atlantic
- Never Stop Learning
- Have Advisors With Different Worldviews
- Be Part Of The Away Team
- Play Poker, Not Chess
- Blow up the Enterprise
Source: Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk
- Speak to people in the language they understand.
- When you’re overwhelmed, ask for help.
- Always value ethical actions over expedient ones.
- Challenge your team to help them grow.
- Don’t play it safe – seize opportunities in front of you.
Source: Five Leadership Lessons From Jean-Luc Picard
Mistake #1: Building an organization around particular people, rather than institutions.
Mistake #2: Depriving people of the chance to have a stake in the organization.
Mistake #3: Having no tolerance for failure.
Mistake #4: Focusing all of the organization’s efforts into a single goal and failing to consider alternatives.
Mistake #5: Failing to learn from mistakes.
Source: 5 Leadership Mistakes Of The Galactic Empire
all by Alex Knapp
Computer worms are changing from an acute condition to a chronic disease
Source: Malware: The number is no longer in service | The Economist
Imagine an authoritarian nation where everyone has a phone running a government-customized version of Android — indeed, is required to have one, because every phone is an eye and ear of the national surveillance network. … Right now, carrier bloatware and device control is just an irritation, but look just a little ways into the future, and it’s worryingly easy to envision it actually becoming a serious human rights problem … especially if Western companies keep on selling their oppression technology to all comers.