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Jon Colgan

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I help people solve problems with vendors and contracts pre-court. Most of my time is spent telling stories.

Durham, NC शामिल हुए Temmuz 2013
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Jon Colgan@JonColgan·
I'm more interested in this part of the story: "Now, he runs an events company in the United Kingdom[,] guiding other people over hot coals and the occasional bed of broken glass as part of corporate team-building exercises and charity events." smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…
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Jon Colgan@JonColgan·
"[U]nless [we] can agree on the value of the firm’s service [...] and set a fixed price, then law firms will continue to use hours as a proxy for value [...] Using billable hours as a proxy for client value is stupid." lawyerist.com/news-articles/…
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@JonColgan is there a cancellation rule/law for the amount of time you have to cancel a new contract/membership with Regus? Hasn’t even been 24 hours yet. Thanks
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Jon Colgan@JonColgan·
Like the Margaret Thatcher lady quote: "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
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Jon Colgan@JonColgan·
"Intellectually honest" is one of the highest possible compliments nowadays. It implies the ability to think well, the work ethic to have thought enough about something before spouting off, and the integrity to admit the counterviews' strengths and your own view's weaknesses.
Sar Haribhakti@sarthakgh

Hands down the most intellectually honest journalist on the Australian situation b/w publishers and tech platforms has been @CaseyNewton. Been a longtime reader and will now pay for his independent work.

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Jon Colgan@JonColgan·
So, while it may be true that misalignment of incentives abounds in both US and UK, my rebuttal is that too many people I've met aren't clear-thinking enough to exploit that system, even if they wanted to. Trained debaters, however, would likely be above-average thinkers. 2/2
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Jon Colgan@JonColgan·
There are many bad things that have happened in US private prisons. So, there is no doubt a problem. But I don't know if privatization is necessarily the cause of those problems, or whether making those prisons public will solve the problems; indeed, I doubt both suppositions.
President Biden Archived@POTUS46Archive

No one should be profiteering off of our criminal justice system. That’s why today, I ordered the Department of Justice to end the use of private prisons by the federal government.

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Jon Colgan@JonColgan·
This was excellent in many ways. One example: the difference between "story" and "narrative," the idea that both are a kind of objectivity, and the essentiality of also having the narrative kind rather than only the story kind.
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Jon Colgan@JonColgan·
Pro (business) tip: give people more than they deserve, but only if they deserve it.
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Jon Colgan@JonColgan·
As feedback, complaints are often useful for the complainee. But a complaint is only useful to the complainer if it helps the complainer achieve some objective beyond the complaint itself, which is why complaining for the *purpose* of complaining is not useful for the complainer.
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Jon Colgan@JonColgan·
Political attack ads...made possible by the man in the arena.
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Jon Colgan@JonColgan·
I let my marginalia talk for me.
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