I was aware that many (if not most) people on the right were not aware that BOTH of the people who tried to assassinate Trump during his campaign were right wingers... but I've discovered that the assumption that these attacks came "from the left" or "from Democrats" is also common among people who are less politically engaged.

When I pointed this out I got an interesting response:

"Are you saying it was a false flag?"

"No." I responded.

Most people find politics very boring and obnoxious.

To some degree this can be by design, to keep people from engaging.

IDK I don't think this is a big deal. Or rather it's exactly the same size deal as all of the other shootings. Which just keep coming.

Normal people don't know who Charlie Kirk is. My mom, dad, husband, neighbor are very confused why it's such a big deal.

Which is good to remember. He's never done anything notable. Didn't run for office, didn't break a big story, didn't write an important book.

So, for a lot of people this is all very confusing.

Simply insisting employees call each other "family" or having team building exercises won't do it either. These superficial changes can produce vapors of the benefits, in the long run everyone gets annoyed and makes fun of them relentlessly because they are just cynical surface level changes.

The real changes are:
1. Employees have input and a stake in how the business is run.
2. Better compensation and benefits
3. Better working conditions.

It's not rocket science.

You know who might know a lot about how to make sandwiches faster?

The guy who makes dozens of them a day.

But if you work at these companies you'd never tell them because they'd just cut your hours if they even bothered to listen and didn't somehow penalize you for being disruptive or complaining.

If I ran a company I'd want everyone who worked their to brag about their job. This can happen.

The way that some "business leaders" seem to think, especially their behavior around AI makes me wonder if they are totally disinterested in building a powerful and persistent organization.

For all the talk of "team members" and "sandwich artists" there are a lot of companies that aren't organized as collective projects at all.

What I think they find even more difficult? the notion that all employees can have good ideas and their input can be valuable.

Thinking about how the human staff of any organization is an extension of their presence in the world. Consider 100 employees, reasonably happy with their job. That's 100 people who will notice things that might hurt the company, organically promote it's reach, come up with new ideas for future projects.

When some of the staff like their jobs less because you treat them poorly that shrinks. When you contract the work out? it shrinks more. When you replace them with AI it becomes a pinpoint.

This is a question for the younger adults. Those in your 20s and 30s. There have been a few surveys and articles about how "young people are having less sex" and "young people aren't getting married"

And then some people will say there is a "loneliness epidemic"

How real is this? Are these things even connected?

There are fewer marriages but also far fewer divorces which, to me, kind of sounds like a good thing?

But I rarely hear about the low divorce rate in this context.

11D Chess Clutter Reasoning.

1. If I get rid of this craft supply I will discover *next week* that I need it. This is a law of nature.
2. I've been keeping it for years hoping I might get back into that hobby. But it's never happened.
3. Therefore? I will give it away to CAUSE me to get back into that hobby!

Yeah, I'll need to get a new one but that will be fun too. And if I can give it away then someone else is going to be doing the cool hobby and that is also awesome.

An excellent (new) documentary about linotype. Molten metal! Typesetting! Absolute Madness!