The Psychological Mechanisms behind the Cult of Progressivism, by Hannah Spier MD
Foreword by Iain McGilchrist
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"Every entrepreneurial journey is a bet on vision and a bet on timing. You see a possibility before others do. You work to bring it into being, often years ahead of the market. And then you wait for the world to catch up."
Niko Canner, Incandescent
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Excerpted from Iain McGilchrist's latest Substack.
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FYI @neilperkin.bsky.social
About Cybernetics – Prelude (and series) – Hilder (2025) stream.syscoi.com/2025/09/06/a...
Learn this:
There is only one certainty, and that is joy.
Everything can be explained: joy has no explanation.
We cannot explain why we are joyful.
Joy is our task.
What you receive is a source of joy for the joyless.
Source: Talking with Angels, Dialogue 30
Things that can be delivered:
♦ letters and parcels
♦ babies
Things that can't be delivered:
♦ change
♦ transformation
♦ projects
♦ value
… because they're not actual things.
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"A simple VSM looks like this"
Haha!
Current tally and increasing as I type this.
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This is likely to be counterproductive, as Dan Williams @danwphilosophy.bsky.social sets out in Against Bluesky (and Blueskyism).
Fish where the fish are.
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I heartily recommend subscribing to her blog called 'Psychobabble'
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Every entrepreneurial journey is a bet on vision and a bet on timing. You see a possibility before others do. You work to bring it into being, often years…
‘Delivery, delivery, delivery’ isn’t just vacuous nonsense – it’s emblematic of the prime minister’s leaden-footed approach to politics, says Guardian writer Simon Hattenstone
When someone sits next to me at the train station, bus stop, or park bench, I just stare straight ahead and say "it's done. Did you bring the money?" They usually freeze before apologising and making an excuse to leave.
