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#publishing #monetization #newsletters #books

#Baku #ShowTrial Today is the 23rd day of the hunger strike of Armenian philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan. It's taking place during the Baku show trial of Armenian hostages taken by the #Azerbaijan military in Artsakh / Karabagh in September 2023, at end of the Second Armenian Genocide of 2022-2023.

I've had these thoughts in my "Slides Content Repository" for decades. Today they morphed into this graphic, with raised eyebrow notes on AI.

#intellectualproperty #knowledgeparadoxes #knowledgemanagement #knowledge #AI

Dealing with a difficult person or legal situation? Explore the #psychology of the people involved. Make records around points 1, 2 and 3. Exploring points 4, 5 and 6 may turn on a lightbulb. That's been my experience for decades.

#legaldisputes #litigation #resolvingconflict #conflictresolution

Giblin, Rebecca & Doctorow, Cory (2022) Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back.

Two chapters are exclusively on music:

• Chapter 5: Why streaming doesn’t pay
• Chapter 6: “Why Spotify wants you to reply on playlists

In 2024 I read 24 BOOKS, many were on my shelves for years. A green asterisk is a top FIVE STAR RATING. The list is eclectic, I had little direction. All but two were nonfiction. As in 2023, anthropology & sociology perspectives for me were fresh, deep and useful. History remains my main addiction.

As pictured, my reading was disciplined in 2023. Most I bought that year. My style preferences became acute. Favourites remain waterfalls of facts with footnotes, communicating insightful observations in finely wrought English.

I have a huge priorities list for 2025, aiming to direct book reading.

In 2024 I read 24 BOOKS, many were on my shelves for years. The list is eclectic, I had little direction. What is not random is my approach to reviewing books, see IMAGE 2. IMAGE 3 has my rating system and ratings for each book. In 2025 I'll be reading mostly ebooks, now with priorities set in 2024.

Buzzwords to avoid in 2025. Your thoughts?

For the 40-year period from 1984 to 2024 compare these two increases:
• 75% - Australian population, 15.5 to 27.1 million
• 417% - solicitors in New South Wales, 7,752 to 40,052

When the words "genius" and "leadership" were used in the same sentence in a breakfast meeting today I was prompted to share this document. In 2006 I summaried 15 points on #collaborations and #leadership by Warren Bennis who assessed six great groups. I added a 16th point - documents and workflow.