Rick Nason

Great review and summary of some of the key points in my book by @andrewceverett It’s Not Complicated: The Art and Science of Complexity in Business thekeypoint.org/2017/09/16/its… via @wordpressdotcom

I always look forward to an email from @andrewceverett of The Key Point. Another great review and lots to think about as the US starts a new presidency term. The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge thekeypoint.org/2025/01/25/the…

Just when you think it is a trend, you find out that it is a cycle...

Seems like someone is getting a Jesus complex ... Biden will commute the sentences of about 1,500 people in the largest single-day act of clemency by a modern-day president wsj.com/politics/biden… via @WSJ

Out of 545 artists these were the ones on top. Who’s on your list? #SpotifyWrapped open.spotify.com/wrapped/share/…

What matters to bureaucrats is not whether what they are doing makes sense but whether it fits the routine. It is both bothersome and dangerous to go beyond the routine because that means taking personal responsibility for the consequences. One of the main hallmarks of bureaucrats is avoidance of personal responsibility. The one thing that all bureaucrats have in common is the notion that the bureaucracy is never wrong. If anything has gone wrong, it had to be someone else's fault, preferably the fault of whoever complains about the bureaucracy. Any evidence that would prove them wrong is likely to be kept under wraps.

Feynman Lectures on Physics, The Flying Circus of Physics

Watched the end of #TheGame and a hockey game started

Anyone old enough (or weird enough) to remember BMO's "Blowing in the Wind" commercial? U.K. luxury carmaker Jaguar has launched a rebrand campaign that caused online backlash wsj.com/articles/jagua… via @WSJ

@MoveBravely I like hokey story telling...

So, @rnason_dal, finished Lamb. Interesting premise but hokey storytelling. Lots of food for thought.

excited to hear what you think. You can treat it as a comedy or treat it as a philosophy novel

In the words of that famous philosopher Charlie Brown "Good grief!" College freshmen aren’t the only ones learning this fall. Their parents are getting a crash course in letting go. wsj.com/lifestyle/heli… via @WSJ

Do Colleges Provide Too Many Disability Accommodations? chronicle.com/article/do-col…

Anyone know a sales rep at Palisade? Need info on getting an @Risk software license and their crappy website contact info link is broken and all of my former contacts have left the company ...

Not sure their purpose in posting this, but there would be massive retirements as most people over 50 would then be financially better off retired than working ...

Who knew that fractals reduce stress!? Gotta get out my copy of The Fractal Geometry of Nature as I prep for first day of class tomorrow... Another great review. Forest Bathing: The Japanese Art and Science of Shinrin-Yoku thekeypoint.org/2024/09/01/for…

Hey @ABCNetwork , now that you have @SEC football, can you get some SEC caliber announcers. Leave Jesse to the Golden Bachelor #MiamivsFlorida

What's that old saying ... something, like "There's lies, damn lies, and then there's governmental agency statistics .... " U.N. Casts Little Light on Heat by @BjornLomborg wsj.com/opinion/united… via @WSJopinion

Being a university prof IS my retirement gig. For the most part I love it. Most students are great, but the not-so-great tend to stand out more as the years pass (and the addiction to their phones increases)

Or they intend to, but realize the impracticality of watching all of the videos for the first time the night before the exam. I have often thought that for many students, the process of taking the time and effort to provide extra support materials actually backfires ...

Your last line strikes the nail on the head