A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
Who is the real Dice Man? The elusive writer behind the disturbing cult novel
Fascinating stuff. I remember reading The Dice Man, and wondering, briefly, whether I would do something like that. Then I moved on.
Pro-meat campaign may have turned some social media users against planetary health diet | EurekAlert! Science News
Maybe they'll start to take communications professionals seriously ...
Notes: We’ve Got Blog (2002)
I wonder whether I'd have any of the same reactions if I re-read it, 20 years on?
Tim Harford — Hug your enemy rather than wrestling the pig
One starting point is the old proverb, “Don’t wrestle with a pig. You get dirty and the pig enjoys it.” There’s truth in that. We just need to find a version that doesn’t dismiss our opponents as pigs.
And there's the rub, really. You have to get over thinking of them as pigs.