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From @TheAthletic: The U.S. men's team is enlisting dogs to help athletes facing high-pressure moments during the World Cup. The inclusion of dogs in the workplace is part of an expanding trend across soccer teams. https://t.co/L1UvXf1nNm
‘Melissophobia’ is a fear of bees.
‘Mel’ is Latin for “honey.”
The name, ‘Melissa,’ comes from the Greek word for “honeybee.”
In Greek mythology, Melissa was a nymph who fed the infant Zeus honey instead of milk. Later, the gods turned her into a bee (spoiler alert).
What really drives leaders to resist remote work isn't productivity. It’s ego.
Our new data: Ordering people in full-time is a power & status move. Bosses want to be worshiped at the office altar.
Policies shouldn’t be vanity projects. Hybrid is better for people & performance.
I wonder if any medieval peasants stayed awake at night replaying awkward conversations
Just lying there in the dark thinking, “I was weird at the well”
The comparision between redesigning factory floors for electricity and knowledge work for AI has come up often this month so why not read the original source of the comparison, Computer and Dynamo by Paul David in 1989.
(Not surprisngly, gwern has it online and it is worth reading.)
Anytime I save a PDF, I often think about that lady who pointed out how insane it is that the easiest way to create one is by lying to your computer and telling it you are about to print something.
This is an interesting way to think about AI and jobs. The more intertwined your routine and discretionary tasks are, the more resilient you likely are to it. https://t.co/krMufl6CmU
UC Berkeley researchers found AI is making white-collar workers MORE burned out, not less. Turns out nonstop AI-powered productivity doesn’t leave room for rest or quality. The tool is good; the expectations it creates are the problem.
#AI#FutureOfWork
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