model, hypothesis, belief

John Cutler: TBM 389: Overthinker! From a young age, being accused of “overcomplicating” or “overthinking” things felt like a dismissal of who I was. Later, in professional settings, I struggled to stay calm when I witnessed reductionist ideas being used (often by those in power) in ways that harmed others. That pattern became my kryptonite (more)

a Risk Management financial tool/instrument (more)

The Santiago Boys — a podcast series by Evgeny Morozov. Cybersyn is an oft-referred-to hypothetical in the socialist calculation (RedPlenty) debate (more)

Humberto Maturana Romesín (September 14, 1928 – May 6, 2021) was a Chilean biologist and philosopher. Some name him a second-order cybernetics theoretician alongside the likes of Heinz von Foerster, Gordon Pask, Herbert Brun and Ernst von Glasersfeld. Maturana, along with Francisco Varela and Ricardo B. Uribe, was known for creating the term "autopoiesis" about the self-generating, self-maintaining structure in living systems, and concepts such as structural determinism and structural coupling.[1] His work was influential in many fields, mainly the field of systems thinking and cybernetics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Maturana (more)

see Quantity Beats Quality (more)

Francisco Javier Varela García (September 7, 1946 – May 28, 2001) was a Chilean biologist, philosopher, cybernetician, and neuroscientist who, together with his mentor Humberto Maturana, is best known for introducing the concept of autopoiesis to biology, and for co-founding the Mind and Life Institute to promote dialog between science and Buddhism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Varela

FUTURE HISTORY SERIES, Volume V, REAL-IZED BY TIMOTHY LEARY, Ph.D.; Starring The 24 Stages of Your Neurological Tarot (more)

Attitude expressed by Robert Anton Wilson. (more)

daughter of Ted Barnett; working in crypto

Gaslighting is a term used in self-help and amateur psychology to describe a dynamic that can occur in personal relationships (romantic or parental) and in workplace relationships.[13][14] Gaslighting involves two parties: the "gaslighter", who persistently puts forth a false narrative in order to manipulate, and the "gaslighted", who struggles to maintain their individual autonomy.[15][16] Gaslighting is typically effective only when there is an unequal power dynamic or when the gaslighted has shown respect to the gaslighter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting

John Cutler: TBM 254: Self-Gaslighting and the Doubt Loop. Many of the dynamics we deal with at work are not overtly toxic or unhealthy. We know people mean well and do their best, even when nerves fray and things don't pan out. However, left unchecked, these situations (and how you respond to them) erode your sense of self-worth and sap your self-awareness. They can ultimately be even more damaging than acute toxic situations. (more)

high agency - a personality trait (more)

In doing Agile Product Development, there can be a tension between a "top-down" (I don't mean exec-driven, I mean mental-stack) Product Vision/Product Strategy/Conceptual Integrity and an incremental/iterative process of Thinking In Bets. (more)

model/structure of multiple metrics for your organization; see esp Schmidt Backlinks below. (more)

Statistical process control (SPC) or statistical quality control (SQC) is the application of statistical methods to monitor and control the quality of a production process. This helps to ensure that the process operates efficiently, producing more specification-conforming products with less waste scrap. SPC can be applied to any process where the "conforming product" (product meeting specifications) output can be measured. Key tools used in SPC include run charts, control charts, a focus on continuous improvement, and the design of experiments. An example of a process where SPC is applied is manufacturing lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_process_control see also XMR

Robert Heinlein: A human being should be able to: change a diaper, plan an (more)

Olivia Barnett: Mike, Reconsidered. Reading Robert Heinlein’s The Moon is a Harsh Mistress in the age of ChatGPT was startling. (more)

Olivia Barnett on Farcaster, Porn, My Daily Schedule. We worked through a lot of the sign up flow for our app today. I will give a little more context into what we’re doing without giving it all away. We’re working within the Farcaster ecosystem. Farcaster you can think of as an X (twitter) alternative — a decentralized X. This is exciting because decentralized social media is a real use case for crypto. Underneath Farcaster, there lies a blockchain network (Snapchain), holding onto all the data that makes up who has an account, who follows who, who writes what. If Farcaster the company decides to start censoring people and became a “bad actor”, someone else could create a new company that uses all the same data existing on the blockchain and doesn’t censor people. (more)

Matt Zeigler: Grow Your Network: Lawrence Yeo Is A Master of Internal Compass Navigation. Do you know Lawrence Yeo? He's the creator behind More To That, a writer who moved from Wall Street to the LA beat scene to become one of today's most thoughtful voices on creativity and fulfillment. His new book "The Inner Compass" explores how to navigate between external validation and internal mastery. (more)