Amazing by Kanye West
The long testimony of history and the recent researches of behavioural scientists, clearly indicate that the cool exercise of logic is only one influence in how people think and therefore act. There are other influences at work which are all too often more powerful.
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Ian McDonald (“Think Again” from his newspaper column “Ian on Sunday”) Some of these influences in his article are: -fear of feeling regret -cognitive dissonance -anchoring -status quo bias -we compartmentalize -being over-confident -magical thinking -vulnerability to hindsight bias -emotions and being emotional “Anyone thinking that politicians, businessmen, husbands, wives, investors, or bankers, poets or pastors, scientists, beggarmen or presidents, Noble Prize winners, thinkers, tailors, soldiers, you, me or anyone else will think straight and act accordingly, please think again and act accordingly - if you follow me.” –Ian McDonald |
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.
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| — | John Gall, from his book Systemantics: How Systems Really Work and How They Fail. |
FORGET HER
while this town is busy sleeping
all the noise has died away
i walk the streets to stop my weeping
‘cause she’ll never change her waysdon’t fool yourself
she was heartache from the moment that you met her
my heart feels so still
as i try to find the will to forget her somehow
oh i think i’ve forgotten her nowher love is a rose pale and dying
dropping her petals and men unknown
all full of wine the world before her
was sober with no place to godon’t fool yourself
she was heartache from the moment that you met her
my heart is frozen still
cause i try to find the will to forget her somehow
she’s somewhere out there nowoh my tears are falling down as i try to forget
her love was a joke from the day that we met
all of the words all of the men
all of my pain when i think back to when
remember her hair as it shone in the sun
the smell of the bed when i knew what she’d done
tell yourself over and over you wont ever need her againBut don’t fool yourself
she was heartache from the moment that you met her
oh my heart is frozen still
as i try to find the will to forget her somehow
she’s out there somewhere nowoh
she was heartache from the day that i first met her
my heart is frozen still
as i try to find the will to forget you somehow
cause i know you’re somewhere out there right nowvia travie
Reflections and Transitions
I woke up with the intention of not having a bad day regardless of what happens then I begun to reflect on the not so distant past. The pass two months have been really hectic, challenging but definitely a lot of fun. I was graced with the opportunity to work on a few thoughtful, challenging and creative projects for which I have profound interest and passion.
The first was a collaborative web development project for a news company. I met a cool or “not so cool” web designer and other casual meets since for the first time in a long time I worked in an office-like setting (nothing close to an office) and a girl who I haven’t called. I managed to catch up, online via IM, with an old friend from early secondary school days, another who is a sort of artist. A great personal benefit was the walk to and from this location especially at nights; the morning sun was great too. This time was ideal for thinking - walking and thinking is like yoga to me and it increases cognitive alertness. When tired and can’t sleep I often leave the house, go for a walk around the neighborhood or to the Seawall. Overall being out of the house was refreshing.
The second was a UNICEF project for Carifesta’s Youth Village in the National Park. I was brought on by my friend who was hired as a consultant. This was by far the first project that required a lot of visual creativity and absolutely no coding/web development whatsoever which made it interesting because I wasn’t expecting or ready to contribute/develop ideas and concepts that would be taken seriously by artists especially. During this project I got to collect lots of notes and data for my communication experiment/research: txt msg vs. voice/phone. For me txt msg is the best medium and I came to realize that people are not aware that more can be communicated this way for example stating your location, current action and what’s next on your to-do list. This project was completed a few days into Carifesta and I’m very proud of my friend, his ability and performance except certain aspects of his communication skills. For me I’m just glad that I was busy; got to meet some great folks; decreased my reclusiveness and channeled my anxiety in rewarding directions.
In addition to all this and the other personal stuff I definitely enjoyed the time spent with friends having beer, guinness, donuts, home made sandwiches, lots of Jamaican food and great conversations especially with a friend (she’s great + she blogs) whom I hadn’t hung out with for the year and Carifesta. I got the chance to see a lot of the art during exhibition preparations from artists such as Ivor Thom, Winslow Craig and others. Didn’t get to see much paintings though. The opening ceremony wasn’t that great but I’m thankful for the effort of the organizers and participants - the rain changed people’s mood too. The grand market was very nice even though I attended one night. I managed to see two plays: River Bottom and Love Games which are from Jamaica. One so called super/mega concert featuring Akon which was the “lamest” thing ever. All the other events were experienced on television. Instead of attending the Closing ceremony, which I was anticipating to be better than the opening, I opted for a movie at home with two friends then beers, food and conversation with one I hadn’t seen for a couple of weeks.
I hope to continue enjoying the coming weeks and months with less personal and emotional difficulties so lets see what happens.
Text Message From an Ex-Girlfriend
“Hi, goodmorning, lastnight i was looking through my diary and it had alot of stuff about us when we were together….gosh i guess back then i really had feelings for u. Anyway such is life.”
In One Word
You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.
Not as easy as you might think.
1. Where is your cell phone?
table
2. Describe your boyfriend/girlfriend?
misfitted
3. Your hair?
black
4. Your mother?
subliminal
5. Your father?
wise
6. Your favourite item?
j
eans
7. Your dream last night?
hellish
8. Your favourite drink?
water
9. Your dream car?
none
10. The room you are in?
friends
11. Your ex?
past
12. Your fear?
none
13. What do you want to be in 10 years?
satisfied
14. Who did you hang out with last night?
myself
15. What you’re not?
happy
19. The last thing you did?
code
20. What are you wearing?
jeans
22. Your favourite book?
genius
23. The last thing you ate?
sausage
24. Your life?
calm
25. Your mood?
dull
26. Your friends?
good
27. What are you thinking about right now?
life
28. Your car?
feet
29. What are you doing at the moment?
programming
30. Your summer?
hopeful
31. Your relationship status?
retarded
32. What is on your tv?
unaware
33. When is the last time you laughed?
today
34. Last time you cried?
today
35. School?
closed
Copy.
Paste.
Answer.
Questions.
I got it form Sean Bonner’s blog
