The people of the Dragon ain't called Ai'EEL for no reason

The nuclear family was invented in the 50s

Yeah, definitely. I think it's one of those things that you figure out what is good by repeatedly removing things that are bad, and you arrive at a good model? But also Beer does talk about a development directorate, whatever that is...

As a side note - even modern, cybernetically informed takes on organizational structure like Team Topologies kind of overlook the importance of Sys4. And simulation is so underrated in all its forms.

I've always struggled with explaining system 4 to people but the concept is incredibly useful. Even just getting to the point where you somehow convince your R&D people to talk to your marketing people is already a big win. Or just mapping who is actually dealing with the There And Then.

@killjamesbond.bsky.social look they made the Hench app real...

Tempted to move to Iceland to become a pro-DM for refugee trans people.

Damn, those AI-powered tulips must really quite be something special...

You really know they're struggling with usage and adoption when they bring in the reminders and todo lists

I think you're right about the outcome, but I think the root cause is just piss poor management as well as the attempt to solve software dev shortages by speed training a bunch of people via bootcamps, codecamps etc.

Nah, it wasn't, it was the labor movement. Him getting credit for it is a bit of a myth, and he was even a little late to the game.

Yes. It's a great function - my social media scrolling has gone down by hours! 😂

5? I yearn for the days when it got dark at five. Here it gets dark at half past two. The darkness is eternal, the light of the sun - long forgotten. We but exist

I was thinking of putting one in my luggage when traveling for a fencing seminar. Did t cause I was lazy and my bad along with a custom sword and amazing locally brewed cider disappeared forever.

Yay liam