I love this direct, unequivocal statement:
White supremacist attitudes are morally wrong and sinful, and we condemn them. Church members who promote or pursue a “white culture” or white supremacy agenda are not in harmony with the teachings of the Church.
Now to go and do.
Why you shouldn’t work at full capacity
“The Project: Time Off report found zero correlation between time spent working and career progression. Quite the contrary, “people reach a maximum threshold,” Denis explains. “Even though they may be at the office longer — or are working longer hours — it doesn’t mean they’re producing any more than their peers.””
““When I start my new role it won’t be about me jumping into everything,” he says. “I’ll still do my job, of course, but I’ll make it much more of a team-based effort.””
Why you shouldn’t work at full capacity
“The Project: Time Off report found zero correlation between time spent working and career progression. Quite the contrary, “people reach a maximum threshold,” Denis explains. “Even though they may be at the office longer — or are working longer hours — it doesn’t mean they’re producing any more than their peers.””
““When I start my new role it won’t be about me jumping into everything,” he says. “I’ll still do my job, of course, but I’ll make it much more of a team-based effort.””
Sounds like a nightmare:
“As it turns out, eliminating “the human element” doesn’t make it go away. Worse, it leads to an undercurrent of resentment. At Zappos, dissatisfaction with Holacracy played a role (though it wasn’t the only reason) in a third of the company walking out the door in 2015. That same year, Zappos dropped off of Fortune’s “Best Companies to Work for list” for the first time in years.”
Sounds like a nightmare:
“As it turns out, eliminating “the human element” doesn’t make it go away. Worse, it leads to an undercurrent of resentment. At Zappos, dissatisfaction with Holacracy played a role (though it wasn’t the only reason) in a third of the company walking out the door in 2015. That same year, Zappos dropped off of Fortune’s “Best Companies to Work for list” for the first time in years.”
I loved Bruce Schneier’s post on priorities. I appreciated his positive attitude on what can be done going forward rather than wallowing in what has gone wrong in the past. Not everything turned out the way everyone wanted. It’s good to understand why. And it’s good to improve things.
I am in particular concerned about the erosion of checks and balances in our government. The founding fathers did a pretty good job of balancing things out. We’ve made changes. The country has historically had some very poor presidents with little impact because they were so limited what they could do. Many people are concerned that is no longer the case.
But the area I can personally do the most is trying to build technology that preserves security and privacy, so I’m excited by Bruce’s list. Let’s go do this.
I am lazy and gave up on PGP email security years ago. The long term security of the key is a much better reason than mine. My reason was network effect. No one in my network of friends or family will ever setup or deal with encryption keys. Its just too complicated. I can’t even convince them to try Signal. Just too much friction.
Funny video — 28% of Americans claim they would move to Canada if Trump was elected. Obviously this is over-reacting by a lot of people that don’t realize how cold it gets in Canada. But it got me thinking, what would that do to the population of Canada? Because America has nearly 10x the population:
US Population: 322 million.
Canada Population: 36 million.
28% of 322 million: 90.16 million.
Whaaat? 28% of the US population would more than double the Canadian population. I don’t think they have enough Dunkin’ Donuts for this many people. If even 1% of the US Population actually carried through the threat to move, it would be nearly a 10% increase in the Canadian population. Crazy.
Very well stated and explained.
