Trigger Question #127: Does Their Knowledge Really Make You Wise?
When something makes me think, I assume it has added to my store of knowledge. The more knowledge I gain, the smarter I am. So, after all these years of thinking, I should be well on my way to being a...
4 Marras 20242min
Trigger Question #126: Will You Be Civilized by Your Vacation?
I once worked for a company that insisted employees take two consecutive weeks of vacation every year. Their reasoning was simple. You need the first week to unwind so that the second week actually fe...
1 Marras 20243min
Trigger Question #125: Did You Slow Down Enough Not To Break Things?
"Move fast and break things" might work well if you are using other people's money.
31 Loka 20242min
Insight #338: Please Stop for Full Stops Under Question Marks
Why is there is a period under the curve of the question mark? Why a full stop and not, say, a comma?
30 Loka 20242min
Trigger Question #124: Why Does Your Organization Need You?
AI Chatbot Wants To Know
29 Loka 20242min
Trigger Question #123: Do You Count the Ways It Could Go Wrong?
Once you have a plan, but before you implement it, count the ways it could go wrong. Don't stop counting after only a few obvious possible blunders.
28 Loka 20241min
Trigger Question #122: Did You CC Cos You’re Lazy?
Back then, creating additional carbon copies took effort. So you needed a damn good reason for the extra copies. But today people use CC for no other reason than because they can!
25 Loka 20244min
Trigger Question #121: Do You See the Sense in Nonsense?
The problem with nonsense is that it is purely subjective. You are likely to see nonsense when you disapprove of it. (For example, you might disapprove of the word bullshit, although others use it to ...
24 Loka 20241min
