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The fact that I even labeled this a “female” profession is a major indicator of how pigeonholed and stereotyped it has been, arguably for the duration of its existence. What, pray tell, is this most-stereotyped lady job? The secretary, or administrative assistant in today’s office parlance.
A funny video, and it makes a great point about cliques: Real Life Sorting Hat We are all familiar with cliques in middle school and high school. They seem harmless enough, at least based on the definition: “a small, exclusive group of people; coterie; set.” But on the unfunny side, cliques can make lots of [...]
Everyone has heard of the Grammar Nazi. A Grammar Nazi is a person who has taken the rules of grammar deeply to heart, and who then uses those rules mercilessly when other people fail to obey. The following videos make the point, humorously but perhaps a little too strongly (contain blood): Grammar Nazis and Grammar [...]
Newsweek has a fascinating article this week discussing the problem with beauty:
Beauty, it appears, is skewing our perceptions of reality. For example, according to the article, managers are becoming so attached to people’s beauty that they are sometimes using beauty, instead of qualifications, as a reason for hiring…
Telepresence is one of those things like virtual reality – it has been bubbling for a long time and has never really caught on. Telepresence has not quite gotten over the hump to become common and mainstream. But it is becoming more common as prices come down. You can see one example of real-world telepresence in the following video – in this case a telepresence robot. In this video the robot is piloted by Tony Robbins and he is attending an X Prize party…
Here is one of those video essays that really makes you think about the state of the world: Why You Can’t Work at Work The modern workplace is structured completely wrong. It’s really optimized for interruptions, and interruptions are the enemy of work, the enemy of productivity, the enemy of creativity, they are the enemy [...]
It is time to take a nap. In an enlightened workplace, that might be what you would be doing right now (2PM in the afternoon – apologies to other time zones). Research indicates that it would make you more productive: An afternoon nap markedly boosts the brain’s learning capacity If you see a student dozing [...]
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