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In the US, today is a major holiday. The Superb Owl, with nachos, commercials and beer. People who don’t even watch football watch this game, and…

“Why did the chicken cross the road” tells us a bit about jokes. It’s a joke about jokes. The first half is a setup, reminding us…

Along the way, folks have talked about “niching down” as a way to help a project find focus. But that’s backward. When we identify and embrace…

What to do with firm footing | Seth’s Blog If we’ve got tenure, a lifetime appointment or simply a really secure gig, what should we do…

The best possible use | Seth’s Blog I walked by a psychic’s storefront studio. The window said that this person had been reading palms and predicting…

At first, this stop sign sign makes a lot of sense: Lives are at stake. Break the rhythm, turn something ignored into something noticed. The challenge…

Normalizing selfishness | Seth’s Blog Shoplifters lurk in the shadows. They realize that they will have an easier time if they quietly steal stuff, because speaking…

Engineers can optimize a bridge. There are some bridge designs that satisfy aesthetic, financial, durability, safety and efficiency needs better than others. The work of optimization…

If you don’t realize that you have power, you might not be able to exercise it. The power to speak up, to participate, to invent, to…

Coercion | Seth’s Blog One way to look at power is “you get to tell people what to do.” But an alternative is that the most…