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Perhaps it is the approaching doom of 2012 (have you noticed it yet, or are these first weeks and months of the year just the same old thing), but I have been drawn back to the two great futuristic works of the 20th century: 1984 and Brave New World. Orwell’s work, 1984, was actually much…
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Recently I had coffee with a casual friend. I say “casual” because it’s not quite fair to call him a “friend” or a “close friend” yet when we meet, we enjoy each other’s company. We connected a few years back through a mutual interaction with an organization. In our initial conversations, I, the older of…
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A few weeks ago I wrote about choices made by two football coaches were conservative and in the end cost their team victories. In describing those choices, what I was discussing were tactical decisions made by the coaches. As I was writing, I described how my own approach to decisions is sometimes hampered by my…