I’m not a fan of the XKCD “free speech” strip. I think it fails the reflexivity test. Lazy screenshot here.

On the other hand, Munroe usually does his homework. Is there a clearer discussion?

Another great piece at Fantastic Anachronism: Are Experts Real.

I hadn’t heard about N=59. 😱

…if the N=59 crew are making such ridiculous errors in their own papers, they obviously don’t have the ability to judge other people’s…

More vs Slack

In Slack and Zoom were distracting…, John Lacy notes:

  • We found that asynchronous communication methods, such as Slack and email, were being treated as synchronous communication methods. …we had created an always-on distraction…
  • We found that remote work led to more meetings, not fewer.

The set new rules:

  • Async means same-day or next-morning.
  • Need faster? Text. [Or, y’know, phone. Remember phones? -ed]
  • Block out Maker hours. They used 150-min in AM, and 90-min in PM.

Sitting at a desk all day, it’s easy to start feeling like a brainless polyp

Walking as as superpower.. HTT the ReadUp community.