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@ayokanme
We come and go, like ripples in a stream
muizz
@ayokanme
We come and go, like ripples in a stream
God, grant me the clarity to recognize when I need Advice,
The humility to seek Information when I lack understanding,
The courage to ask others to help me Do what I cannot alone,
The frankness to connect in hard times and good,
And the confidence to invite advocates to speak on my behalf.
May each request for aid be an offering of trust,
And each
... See moreI need to come back to this.
Four ways this ailment [of not doing things] shows up as:
Learning Syndrome - “one more tutorial”
Tool Syndrome - “one more library”
Process Syndrome - “I just need the right framework”
Maintenance Syndrome - “let me take care of this first”
This actually wouldn't surprise me

Cognitive Revolutions and Agency
A good passage in continuation of the note on collective imaginations.
Responsibility that should be borne by an individual is dissolved amongst a group, who rely on the process of deliberation, passing on the responsibility to the organization.
Excerpt: “Committees are commonly used in our society because they create the illusion of avoiding risk. They are a wonderful device for avoiding responsibility while making the institution seem more rather than less accountable. Modern institutions have overloaded on actual risk while fleeing the appearance of it, especially if you count “failing at core mission” as a risk. Such aversion to the appearance of the unusual can’t be justified on economic grounds. Rather, it is a socially driven aversion.“
Craft and Cognitive Revolutions
The medium truly is the message