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7 Reasons for the Rise of Mediocrity by Rajesh Setty

Amitai Givertz — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:51:50 +0000

We all are familiar with mediocrity. It’s everywhere and growing rapidly. Here are seven reasons that are contributing to the alarming rise of mediocrity.

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What Happened to Downtime? The Extinction of Deep Thinking and Sacred Space by Scott Belsky | 99 Percent

Amitai Givertz — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:45:43 +0000

Interruption-free space is sacred. Yet, in the digital era we live in, we are losing hold of the few sacred spaces that remain untouched by email, the internet, people, and other forms of distraction. Our cars now have mobile phone integration and a thousand satellite radio stations. When walking from one place to another, we have our devices streaming data from dozens of sources. Even at our bedside, we now have our iPads with heaps of digital apps and the world’s information at our fingertips.

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The Essential Twitter Dictionary by Lauren Dugan | Mediabistro.com

Amitai Givertz — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:20:54 +0000

Whether you’re a Twitter power user or a nervous neophyte, there are some words you’ve just got to know in order to interact on Twitter. We’ve compiled the essential Twitter dictionary so you can tweet with confidence, @mention frequently, and sift through your followers and friends without getting them mixed up.

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Drugs and the Meaning of Life by Sam Harris

Amitai Givertz — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:45:36 +0000

Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness. We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love, and avoid others, like loneliness. We eat specific foods to enjoy their fleeting presence on our tongues. We read for the pleasure of thinking another person’s thoughts. Every waking moment—and even in our dreams—we struggle to direct the flow of sensation, emotion, and cognition toward states of consciousness that we value.

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Multiverse = Many Worlds, Say Physicists | The Physics arXiv Blog

Amitai Givertz — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:55:43 +0000

The many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is the idea that all possible alternate histories of the universe actually exist. At every point in time, the universe splits into a multitude of existences in which every possible outcome of each quantum process actually happens.

So in this universe you are sitting in front of your computer reading this story, in another you are reading a different story, in yet another you are about to be run over by a truck. In many, you don’t exist at all.

This implies that there are an infinite number of universes, or at least a very large number of them.

That’s weird but it is a small price to pay, say quantum physicists, for the sanity the many worlds interpretation brings to the otherwise crazy notion of quantum mechanics. The reason many physicists love the many worlds idea is that it explains away all the strange paradoxes of quantum mechanics.

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2010 Ethics & Workplace Survey | Deloitte

Amitai Givertz — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:35:26 +0000

During challenging economic times, the relationship between employees and employers is often tested. Frequently, executives are forced to make decisions that broadly affect their workforces and alter what matters in the workplace. Today’s business environment is no exception; it appears that the recession has diminished two important forms of business currency: trust and ethics.

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WorkFast TV: The Future of Work is as Boring as Hell

Amitai Givertz — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:11:56 +0000

Just posted on Social Disorders: Do Not Adjust Your Set on my Recruitomatic blog…

Particularly disappointing was Scoble’s self-confessed, web-enabled obsessive-compulsiveness and apparent delight at finding new ways to feed it. Rather than seek help for what most would consider a disorder it appears he finds all the solace he needs in a similarly unhealthy physical attachment to his computer. I could be wrong but it just struck me that way, very odd.

If you want to cut to the chase, here’s the video…

[Wassup, can't see it? Try WorkFast TV instead.]

Lessons Learned from the Recruiting Roadshow

Amitai Givertz — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:09:05 +0000

In short, some of us need to get out more!

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Bill Vick and Towers of Confusion

Amitai Givertz — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:32:44 +0000

A personal reflection posted on Recruitomatic today. It is about recruiting big-biller Bill Vick’s presentation at the Dallas Recruiting Roadshow.

Bill’s presentation introduced “bleeding edge” technology to recruiters who by and large — by their own show of hands — were hemorrhaging on old notions of how to use the Internet. It was that that was was most interesting to me. I wondered, “Is the so-called war for talent going to be won with what most recruiters are currently equipped with?” I don’t think so.

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Telling Tales

Amitai Givertz — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:08:25 +0000

I just posted Food for Thought: Ripping Yarns on Recruitomatic, the fourth in a Food for Thought… series.

Trying to wrap my head around information foraging theory I’m hoping a modern-day forager can help me make some stodgy stuff a little easier to digest…hmmm, maybe not!

The Discovery Channel airs an interesting program called Man vs Wild. The star of the show is Bear Grylls, a real life Action Man who demonstrates techniques for surviving the most inhospitable landscapes.

To accentuate the extreme nature of his adventures — and the diversity of what we eat on planet Earth perhaps — we are treated to the spectacle of watching iron-gut Grylls eat some particularly horrid things, or delicacies depending on your stomach.

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