David Hamilton
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Are You The Unreasonable Man?
Boris from The Next Web has posted a thought provoking article asking about the role of unreasonable behaviour in business.
It was still in the back of my mind while at Tai Chi class last night. Our instructor reminded us of the central role of Yin and Yang and the balance of opposites in Chinese martial arts and philosophy in general.
I was struck by the stark contrast with the Western approach (both in fighting and life in general): that imbalance (or unreasonableness) is pretty much key to our approach.
I was tempted to view the success of the West, both economically and culturally, as being a result of being downright unreasonable most of the time (unless forced to compromise).
That success may, however, only be temporary. I regard Western economics (based as they are on the unsustainable idea of perpetual growth) as a teenage phase of our development as a society: at some point we are going to grow up and have to learn to be more reasonable.
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So, Steve Jobs has left his role as Apple’s CEO. Like, for good this time. It’s a shame, but it...
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Rope-A-Dope, Indeed
Sometimes you want so badly to say “I told you so!” after months of...
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My TSA Encounter
“You don’t need to see his identification.”
On November 21, 2010, I was allowed...
