40s@5

Despite the recent struggles of 40s@5, such as the recruitment failure in Seattle, and Casey and Kelley departing Austin, the new 40s@5 blog emits a glimmer of hope.

Apathy

Work today involved yet another seemingly futile confrontation with the apathy and limited vision of members of another team. Then I was reminded that, like alcohol, apathy is itself a solution to the problems it causes, as summed up by this excellent quote from the movie Seven (aka Se7en): William Somerset: I just don’t think …

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The Fog of War

I recently watched the Errol Morris documentary The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (IMDB). I highly recommend it; it’s probably the best documentary I’ve ever seen. I went from knowing nothing about McNamara to having considerable respect for him.