Shared Links (weekly) July 7, 2024
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Why technologists need to get involved in public policy? – Bruce Schneier
Bruce makes some interesting points in this presentation, it’s certainly something to think about. First, watch: I’ll be honest, I’ve been on the side of leaving technology alone for the most part, but his point about the legal industry, and how public policy law is a huge area of focus, and how even law schools…
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Is there room for calm in your meetings?
Mora’s advice is to slow down, pause after someone finishes speaking, take a breath before coming off mute, and slow your speech.Â
I think those are great ideas that I plan to spend a little more time on and bring to the meetings I host in order to bring calm to the whole team. But then I started thinking about the many meetings I take part in each week, and how few of them feel anything like that. They ooze anxiety, tension, and focus on “getting through” the agenda at lightning speed before the next meeting comes at us with even more of the same.Â
They make us feel more distracted and uneasy, not less.Â
Linked: AAA Car Testing Shows Pedestrian Detection Tech Is Far From Effective
I pretty much agree with the author’s takeaway here: “AAA’s point here doesn’t seem to be that accident avoidance features are a bad thing, but that they’re not good enough to trust yet. Avoiding 40 percent of adult collisions in optimal conditions is no small feat. Drivers and pedestrians just need to take their safety…
Linked – Stop stereotyping Gen Z. Focus instead on why we’re disillusioned about the future of work.
I know some young folks. I work with some young folks. The stereotype that the younger generations don’t want to work is false, in my opinion. What they don’t want to do is work the same way we have for ages because they recognize that it’s not a sound system.
