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by calinet6 12y ago
It strikes me that in the same day (albeit one filled with hiring articles) we get an article about the success of Greyston Bakery, which will literally hire anyone and train and support them as much as needed to be successful—and this, whi
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by calinet6 12y ago
This is a good systematic approach. It strikes me that in the same day (albeit one filled with hiring articles) we get an article about the success of Greyston Bakery, which will literally hire anyone and train and support them as much as
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by calinet6 12y ago
The real reason is that companies don't want to implement the systems required to hire a more diverse workforce. Their success depends on having an extremely narrow band of aptitudes. Greyston works because they make no assumptions abo
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by calinet6 12y ago
If you find this story fascinating (and you should) I highly recommend reading the book written by the founder of Greyston Bakery, Bernie Glassman. It's called "Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Li
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This is the real moral of this story. How much of a person's effectiveness in a workforce is due to environmental factors, and how much is individual? Now, for every factor you believe is individual, is there proof, or is it an assumpt
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Extremely true. This is about systematizing the right things about interviewing, and making them solid. Checklist Manifesto is all about that, a great simple way to create systems that work. At a high level, this is all about Deming ( http
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"I run my own mail server, but..." Whelp, there's your problem.
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It does, actually. It's called teaching, and you can implement it in your own culture.
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No! No radar charts. Stop it. Look at how the impression of the skill is impacted by its position around the circle and the random selection of other skills next to it. This is not a good visualization, it implies falsehoods, and you sh
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+1 for reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on this topic. He delves into great depth on the intersection of technology and humanity and the way people look at both. It is incredibly thought provoking.
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Aside from the profound conclusions and hyperbolic examples, this is just some darned practical advice taken at face value. The value of focus is highly underrated. You don't need to do everything, and often doing everything 'on y
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This shows a severe misunderstanding of statistics. The original paper (here: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6217/78.abstract -- the abstract is enough to deduce the conclusion) is a simple statistical
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Hopefully sarcastically, because in the face of such overwhelming uncertainty, that is the only way we can advance, and therefore we must continue.
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I think this is the key. It's more wise than it may seem at face value. It's important to recognize the importance of both deep specialization and a broad understanding and ability to connect the dots at the same time.
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You're absolutely right, I was being an arrogant prick by saying that, and I regret it. I've gotta stop doing that. Apologies. I only offer advice, especially for young people which I mistakenly assumed, and I didn't mean it
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This is a very astute comment, with a recognition not many people have. The trust chain is extremely important here, and yes, it's breaking down. That's the reason for people uncertain about vaccines: they're attempting to fi
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by calinet6 12y ago
Yes, it's wrong on so many levels, one of the biggest ones being the social and media response. It doesn't have the ability for nuanced discussion by nature. That system needs fixing, but it may not be possible. > They might be
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> So yes, anti-vaxxers, anti-GMOs, anti-nuclear, et al. are wrong. Stupidly wrong. This is actually one of the reasons there's such resistance to science I think. These people are actually expressing a very scientific mentality: tha
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by calinet6 12y ago
You'll understand in ten years. I don't mean to blow you off and be all "wise" and crap, I really, truly mean it. With that said, I absolutely, completely agree that the humanities majors need more than basic scientific
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Anecdotes aside, from a design standpoint, they tend to be significantly more successful than their competitors. There is a maximum to the level of quality that can be achieved in a given amount of time. For your particular example, look at
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In a naïve sense, there is a bit of Zen philosophy in it. As you say, other companies obsess and work extremely hard to design products that are ultimately worse; what of the paradox that extreme effort results in a poor result? Why, that&#
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by calinet6 12y ago
It's quite simple: people don't understand science, and science doesn't understand people. Several generations of highly specialized education tend to do that. We need more poets who are scientists, more scientists who are po
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This is how it's perceived, but it's an extremely narrow view of science. It is the layman's understanding, however. You're right. This requires a new level of education to understand. I'm glad we're having the
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The concept of science is a bit complex, and therefore not easily understood in a sound bite. It is one of those things that requires a level of education beyond a certain level (and by this I don't mean grade level, but a level of abi
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Maybe a naïve question, but are there any good ones we should support instead?
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And our species proceeds to die off within two generations.
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Yes, the number has to be higher. Also consider qualitative differences: sure, I can get DSL, but it would be a far worse option speed- and cost-wise than cable. So I'm effectively forced into one provider.
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Fine, still an evergreen browser, auto-updates and supports standards. Use whatever you want!
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Well, look what happened. In public. Really doesn't make anyone look good.
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But statistically, they're exactly equivalent. I guess I don't get the advantage.

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