Thinking

Here, I write about ways of thinking about the world and the whys and hows. I am fascinated by how we as a species behave and act and how we can improve as a species.

Links

• Normalization of Deviance: A concept where deviances are slowly accepted as a part of the process and not addressed. This might lead to catastrophic outcomes. The warning sign is always on. See this on culture and aviation safety as well.
• Pioneering safety researcher Jens Rasmussen observed a similar phenomenon, which he called “drift to danger”: systemic migration of organizational behavior toward accident under the influence of pressure toward cost-effectiveness in an aggressive, competing environment. Link
• Awesome Cold Showers is a curated collection of articles and resources that provide a sober perspective on popularly hyped topics in technology and programming. It aims to remind enthusiasts to remain grounded despite their excitement.
• Lessons from the Greatest R&D labs in history
• Notes on psychology with practical applications
• Ambition Essay Narration by David Whyte
• 90 percent of everything is crap
• Four Ways of Thinking

Friction in Organisations

• Organization and processes incur friction slowly.
• Friction is an inevitable outcome of company growth, which we can control. But is increased by the normalization of deviance, which we can control.

Thoughts

• Normalization of deviance example can be shown in the Challenger Space Shuttle Accident, which was coined in the accident investigation.
• You cannot predict the future, but you can train yourself for it.
• Everyone on this earth is at the core stupid. That includes both the reader and writer of this section. Make sure that you always take this simple fact into account.
• People judge themselves on their intents, but others on their actions.