Author Archives: idj4thinking

Camping: The Good, Bad, and The Ugly

I try to go camping at least a few times each summer. Something about the placid nature of heavily wooded areas stirs up something in my bones that keeps me going back. I used to go to camp when I was a child, where I had my phone removed from my access for about aContinue reading “Camping: The Good, Bad, and The Ugly”

The best kind of p-hacking…

When do you feel most productive? For the tongue in cheek title, I apologize. Generally, data fraud isn’t particularly helpful at allowing insights to be built. I feel most productive on days when there’s something I’ve been dreading doing that I make serious progress on early on in a given day. This allows momentum toContinue reading “The best kind of p-hacking…”

🛎️🛎️🛎️ The time ⏰ for emojis 🤪 is now! ⬆️™️

What are your favorite emojis? Surprisingly, I don’t actually enjoy Emojis too much, because I prefer to use plain text most of the time. I’ve noticed that emojis aren’t often used in copy, and I don’t think that’s a coincidence. It’s probably because most consumers don’t actively use emojis, so doing so, may prevent peopleContinue reading “🛎️🛎️🛎️ The time ⏰ for emojis 🤪 is now! ⬆️™️”

Asymmetric Opportunities and Perils

Most of the time, the commonest types of situations we encounter are those that are symmetric: You win/You lose, about an even amount. The most lucrative situations are ones where you’re able to claim more (or more regular) upside than in a symmetrical arrangement. These are the type of situations you want to maximize theContinue reading “Asymmetric Opportunities and Perils”

Risking it, Where’s The Biscuit?

When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out? I made a big decision a few months ago that the Midwest was not going to be the best place to advance my career, and life. This came with a whole host of implications to my social life, career, opportunities toContinue reading “Risking it, Where’s The Biscuit?”

The Gervais Principle, SSC Response, Isadore Rejoins

Venkatesh Rao wrote a very provocative set of essays called the Gervais Principle. Armed with a PHD in control systems, Rao analyzes the Office through a theoretical framework where society is split into 3 types of people: the sociopaths, losers, and clueless. The sociopaths have will-to-power but lack morality. The losers have well-maladjusted and competencyContinue reading “The Gervais Principle, SSC Response, Isadore Rejoins”

Slicing and Dicing Writer’s Block

Even the best of us have it. When you’re creating a work of writing, you often reach points where you’re unable to continue the flow of your original thought. Does this mean that your writing career and future are over? No, of course not! I want to use this short blog to explain a coupleContinue reading “Slicing and Dicing Writer’s Block”

Is AI coming for our blogs?

One question that seems to be on the mind of creatives everywhere is the coming AI revolution, and whether it’ll remove all our productive capabilities, preventing us from reaching employment? I certainly don’t think so. Here’s why! First, AI’s writing is bad. When I tried to get the latest version of chat-gpt to review myContinue reading “Is AI coming for our blogs?”

Journalistic Ethics in Civil War

I just watched the new Alex Garland movie, and found it quite engaging, but also disturbing. One element that I found especially interesting was how it treated journalism, particularly photo-journalism as a profession. One major theme is that of institutional neutrality versus wearing biases on one’s sleeve. In theory, a lot of journalism ought toContinue reading “Journalistic Ethics in Civil War”