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💣 Employees who practice mindfulness meditation are less motivated, having realized the futility of their jobs. Link
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A detailed study of China's 're-education' program for Uighur Muslims. Lots of Chinese tech companies involved, and painful reading. Link
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One thing that COVID-19 might turn out to have been good for is accelerating our adoption of autonomous technologies like delivery robots. Link
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If you need fonts on iOS, you need Fontcase. Link
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A tour of Karl Lagerfeld’s sets (from last year). Probably the last time anyone will do fashion shows like that. Link
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WhatsApp has quietly launched person-to-person payments, starting in Brazil (and not using Libra, Facebook's bitcoiny payment platform that attracted so much attention last year). Link
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Kids now spend nearly as much time watching TikTok as YouTube in US, UK and Spain. Link
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Started rereading The UltraMind Solution again. Link
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'Lobbying' (also 'lobby') is a form of advocacy with the intention of influencing decisions made by the government by individuals or more usually by lobby groups; it includes all attempts to influence legislators and officials, whether by other legislators, constituents, or organized groups. Link
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What Big Tech Wants Out of the Pandemic. Google Meet has become a delivery mechanism for school. AmazonFresh has made it possible to shop for groceries without braving the supermarket. Big Tech has presented itself as a beneficent friend, willing to lend a competent hand. Link
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Things to think about
Bureaucracy is a disease. Bureaucracy drives out good people, slows down decision making, kills innovation and is often the petri dish of bad politics. Large organizations, in fact all organizations, should be thought of as always slowing down and getting more bureaucratic. Therefore, leaders must continually drive for speed and accuracy to eliminate waste and kill bureaucracy. When you get in great shape, you don’t stop exercising.
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