Fragility

"If you design systems top-down, they're going to be fragile. If you let systems develop on their own, they're going to be anti-fragile. This is how mother nature works. This is how evolution works."

Some random thoughts on leadership

• If I ever lead any type of project related to "strategies" or whatnots in the future, I'll force everyone in the team to read through the US Marine Corps' MCDP-1 Warfighting document. The thing I really like about the military blokes is that they have a very clear and concise, well focused way of thinking about issues. Clear definitions and clarity of thought. The problem I encounter these days more often than not is that people can't answer simple questions such as what the objective of a project is.
• Related to the above, I think a certain degree of martial arts also supports with clarity and teaches the dynamics of competition really well. Additionally it also teaches that blocking hits with your head hurts and losing isn't too fun.

Something to think about...

If the foreign aid that Finland pays out yearly would be cut altogether along with the funding that goes towards aiding unemployed people find jobs, every unemployed person could be paid about 500 euros more per month. When you consider the impact that the country is making with both of the previously mentioned budgets, I'm starting to think that this would be a very smart move.