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    • Of course, I don't ascribe to the full sense of this book in the bible; there is meaning to life, and if none attempted to succeed likely none would.

      1 year ago by Abe Murray

      in Ecclesiastes figured this out first

    • Update - thinking more on this topic - put another post up at my personal site: "<a href="http://abe.rocketmonkeys.com/2008/04/worry-about-winning-not-stickiness/">Worry about...

      1 year ago by Abe Murray

      in Decentralizing work

    • Thanks Tijan - I agree that luck favors those prepared to take advantage of it. Even Taleb, more skeptical than I, agrees that you need to at least be in the game and above some minimum quality bar...

      1 year ago by Abe Murray

      in What is hidden evidence?

    • i like the theme abe. its definitely a bit annerving to dedicate several years of your life to something with an outcome, as you suggest that may have more to do with luck than your own effort...

      1 year ago by tijan

      in What is hidden evidence?

    • This is me - testing the Disqus integration. My biggest concern is longevity - I appreciate that the network effects of Disqus will make my comments easier to use for others; but I am also...

      1 year ago by Abe Murray

      in Decentralizing work

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Decentralizing work

Started by Abe Murray · 1 year ago

I put a post up on my personal site about decentralizing work - if you didn’t have to work in a city, would you live in one?  Would you commute to work if you could work from home?  Why do we make these choices, and what happens if the reasons for them go away?

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  • Abe Murray

    1 year ago

    This is me - testing the Disqus integration. My biggest concern is longevity - I appreciate that the network effects of Disqus will make my comments easier to use for others; but I am also depending upon Disqus to (1) remain free and (2) persist.

    I guess if they go down I could export the comments. It really comes down to data portability - I would happily use Disqus everywhere if I could (a) move all my existing Wordpress comments to Disqus retroactively (as in my personal blog) and then move back from Disqus to Wordpress if I ever desired.

    Disqus would then need to keep me by being the best at what they do, not because my data is stuck on their servers.
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  • Abe Murray

    1 year ago

    Update - thinking more on this topic - put another post up at my personal site: "Worry about winning, not stickiness"

    Companies such as Disqus should win my business through winning, not through holding on to my data.
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