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  • What would data literate journalism look like?

    There’s a lot of different schools of thought about how to make journalism good. Here’s a few: you can have a strong editor who doesn’t share expertise or strong opinions on the topics being reported.… Read more

  • I Love Hosting!

    Hosting standup comedy is so much fun! Doing it gives you instant credibility, you get to practice your stuff, and it’s a great way of getting your presence built. You don’t really need to be… Read more

  • Thinking Through Critical Thinking

    Is critical thinking a good thing? It depends on the situation. Thinking too closely about authority can often land you in hot water. You don’t always have to land in hot water. Sometimes you can… Read more

  • Automation and Usefulness

    I’ve been completing tons of courses recently. I finished a product management course and I’m on track to finishing a Prompt Engineering specialization, so that I can better ask questions and improve my critical thinking… Read more

  • Don’t waste my time, respectfully

    There’s this obnoxious habit a lot of people have of consistently showing up 20-40 minutes late to things. I like to let people know that when they do that, they aren’t being respectful of my… Read more

  • Broccoli and Broccoli and Broccoli

    Sometimes nutrition isn’t the most fun. Variety is exciting but consistency is challenging. This is why you probably shouldn’t be fancy when approaching diet, and instead opt for boring and a lot. I’m able to… Read more

  • Let Go Of Popularity – I don’t need to be liked

    What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony? I’m not very good at shutting my mouth. It can get me in trouble sometimes, and while I’ve tempered my temper at work, in… Read more

  • Blessed be the Blasé

    Something that eternally frustrates me is nonchalant-ness winning in the short term. Why? WHY DO PEOPLE WHO FAIL TO TRY OFTEN SUCCEED? I think it’s because of the valley of despair that happens when you… Read more

  • Forward, Backward, Or Present Looking

    Many people when they visit issues try and examine things from three separate potential perspectives. What’s happened, what is happening, and what will happen. I think in general that many people are good at recognizing… Read more

  • How I learned to win hearts and minds

    On what subject(s) are you an authority? I have a handful of valuable skills I’ve picked up in the 24 years I’ve been alive. Many of them are a result of wanting something, working backwards,… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

I’m Isadore. I love critical thinking, rationalism, contradiction, vitriol, ad-hominem, philosophy and all those other things that the kids are into nowadays. I hate sloppy thinking, those who love the Oxford Comma, and humorlessness

Find more about me here.

If you want to hire me to help you implement a large scale IT transformation, help with a PR nightmare, or generally improve your public speaking skills, reach out to me directly at 1isadorejohnson4me@gmail.com.