Intro As continuation of my attempts to regain control over my attention, two month ago I switched my phone to first black, and white mode, and then I applied the same filter at 30% on my laptops and then reduced the filter intensity to 20-30% on all my devices. I helped a bit, actually black, and white helps quite significantly but it is a bit tiering to use. So after the first month I’ve noticed the following changes: ...
I like the idea I got from one of Joscha Bach posts that everything we hear is automatically executed by our brain like it is own thoughts even when we don’t pay attention to it. And that it is a security vulnerability that it opens a gate for all sorts of exploitations. I keep returning to this thought frequently and so I decide to put it on “paper”. The summary of my thoughts on the topic. We have that loop hole that can be exploit in multiple ways from little verbal abuse, or manipulation to full-fledged propaganda attacks. The most devious part is that it can crawl under your skin even if you don’t even pay attention to it. It is probably even more contagious when you are not pain attention since your guard is off. You can resist certain ideas when you hear then once, twice, ten times but after a hundred of repetitions they will eventually get through unless there is something in you that will make those ideas completely unacceptable for you. ...
A few days ago a manager from a sister team asked me why I have “Chaotic good” in that field “What I do” of my work profile. The question now occupies my mind so I need to drain it into something. In short, it is a silly meme from a few years ago as I decided to use as a work motto instead of “stupidity and courage” as I fell that the new one better reflects the type of work was doing at the time. ...
In the last few years companies try to connect everything to the internet and make everything be software defined from door bells, and photo cameras to cars. There are a few bad things about it. These days every teeny-tiny piece of technology tries to be connected to the internet. This is usually sold by large, and not some large companies as some sort of convince so you can control everything from everywhere. The approach has its pluses but it also has its minuses. The shiny technological all connected future does not seem to me as appealing as we are told. ...