“Fail Fast” say business people. But “failure” can be a nebulous concept. Sometimes it’s not clear whether you should keep going or pivot to something else, and that perception can get tangled with our own identity. We also talk about children’s books.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 18th June 2021

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[3] Populus Guy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIaK6y5kdro 

[4] Intercept on Biden and Full Employment - https://theintercept.com/2021/06/11/deconstructed-banishing-ghosts-great-recession/ 

[5] Tucker Carlson claims making children wear masks is “abuse” - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/27/tucker-carlson-fox-news-masks-biden-cdc 

[6] Brands pull ads from GB News TV channel over content concerns - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jun/15/brands-pull-ads-from-gb-news-tv-channel-over-content-concerns 

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Is winning the lottery all it’s cracked up to be? Not necessarily, not that either of us has ever won it. But it’s nice to think about how life would be different if money was no object, so let’s give it a go.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 11th June 2021

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[1] Dan Gilbert - The Surprising Science of Happiness - https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_the_surprising_science_of_happiness 

[2] Randomly getting $10,000 - https://sarahdrinkwater.medium.com/a-few-months-ago-a-complete-stranger-gave-me-10-000-heres-what-i-did-with-it-d5bc65f59d17 

[3] Birgit Kooijman - “Rotterdam haalt daklozen in huis” - https://www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/sociaal/achtergrond/achtergrond/rotterdam-haalt-daklozen-in-huis.127589.lynkx

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We’ve all found the need for a bit of emotional resilience as the pandemic has turned out lives upside down, not to mention polarisation on social media and whatever is going on in our personal lives. It’s important to maintain healthy boundaries between ourselves and others, and between our sense of self and our emotional reactions.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 28th May 2021

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[1] Seven Traits of Elite Team Captains - https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/seven-traits-elite-team-captains 

[2] Vaccines - A Measured Response - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BIcAZxFfrc 

[3] Former government advisor Dominic Cummings testifies to joint parliamentary committee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LFS3FaRs_s 

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Our animal brains tend to be suspicious of anything that looks out of place or unusual. We have to train ourselves not to see people who are different as a threat. Most weirdos are behaving in the service of their own values so it’s not really our problem if you don’t immediately understand. We want to normalise new behaviours where think we can do better.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 21st May 2021

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[1] Extinction Rebellion Red Brigade - https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/07/red-brigade-silently-appear-extinction-rebellion-protests-10875730/ 

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When you can’t find the “cancel subscription” button or the button that doesn’t add an unwanted extra to your bill, or you’re confused by double-negatives and weird questions, you might be encountering a “Dark Pattern”. It’s probably by design. Dark Patterns make lots of money for some very big businesses, but they betray a pretty galling lack of respect.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 14th May 2021

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[1] Dark Patterns - darkpatterns.org 

[2] Nerdwriter Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxkrdLI6e6M 

[3] Trump Campaign - https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/3/22365952/trump-dark-patterns-trick-supporters-recurring-donation-winred-gary-coby 

[4] StubHub story - https://twitter.com/darkpatterns/status/1362300186878443520?s=21 

[5] Some Dark Patterns - https://90percentofeverything.com/2014/08/26/some-dark-patterns-now-illegal-in-uk-interview-with-heather-burns/index.html 

[6] Nathan For You - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_for_You 

[7] Jim Browning - Anti-Scammer Vigilante - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBNG0osIBAprVcZZ3ic84vw 

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Jeff Bezos’ 2020 Letter to Shareholders is a slick piece of writing, espousing everything that is ostensibly brilliant about Amazon. But there’s some stuff in there that we wanted to pick apart and examine based on our own particular values.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 7th May 2021

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[1] Jeff’s letter - https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/2020-letter-to-shareholders 

[2] Nomadland - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9770150/ 

[3] Biden stakes claim to being America’s most pro-union president ever - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/02/joe-biden-unions 

[4] The Best Morning Routine Check - Timpson Guy - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-best-morning-routine-check-your-bank-balance-zfvmth5bd 

[5] The Daily - A Union Drive at Amazon - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS81NG5BR2NJbA/episode/ZjZlMjE0ZWMtNWRhMS00MjU0LTg2YTAtOTliMWYwN2I0MzBi 

[6] Hello World Hannah Fry - https://hannahfry.co.uk/books/ 

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There was a whole thing this week about Basecamp’s “No politics talk at work” and we felt we had something to add to the conversation. Because if politics is just “stuff that makes you uncomfortable to talk about and means you might have to change something to feel better” then that’s not okay.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 23rd April 2021

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[1]Twitter Thread - https://twitter.com/nuthinking/status/1387679571525373955 

[2] Basecamp on The Verge - https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/27/22406673/basecamp-political-speech-policy-controversy 

[3] Ivanka’s post - https://ivanka.blog/humanity/everything-is-not-ok/ 

George Floyd / Derek Chauvin - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2021/apr/20/derek-chauvin-receives-guilty-verdict-and-is-taken-away-in-handcuffs-video 

[4] Virginia deputy gave Black man a ride home, then shot him after 911 call - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-deputy-gave-black-man-ride-home-then-shot-him-n1265195 

[5] Cummings Row - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/apr/23/dominic-cummings-launches-attack-on-boris-johnson 

[6] Google tried to stop people talking about money - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/08/google-women-discrimination-class-action-lawsuit 

[7] Amazon’s dirty tactics - NYT podcast - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS81NG5BR2NJbA/episode/ZjZlMjE0ZWMtNWRhMS00MjU0LTg2YTAtOTliMWYwN2I0MzBi?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjgw7-v1IzwAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg&hl=en-HR 

[8] Purl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6uuIHpFkuo 

[9] Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations - https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14618 

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It’s a slimy-feeling way to think about things so we’re doing it so you don’t have to. We talked about how to recognise our different types of capital and then use this to be braver in the world.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 23rd April 2021

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[1] Don’t End The Week With Nothing - https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/do-not-end-the-week-with-nothing

[2] Earth Day 2021 - https://www.earthday.org/ 

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Capital isn’t just money or property, it can come in other forms such as Human Capital, Social Capital or Reputational Capital. We discuss our experiences in the light of an interesting blog post on the subject, and talk about ways to work a day job can help you develop more things to take with you. Also, we spend a long time swearing about a priest.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 16th April 2021

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[1] Don’t End The Week With Nothing - https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/do-not-end-the-week-with-nothing

[2] Ivanka’s NHS Blog Post - https://twitter.com/NHSProviders/status/1379380943451004929 

[3] Buy squares.tv from Michael?

[4] Can’t Get You Out of My Head - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p093x1c1

[5] Médecins Sans Frontières - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8res

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Dominic Cummings wanted to set up a thing to invent the next internet and then BRITAIN WOULD BE RICH. We respond to his appearance before MPs in Downing Street on the 17th March and think perhaps he hasn’t thought it through.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 26th March 2021

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[1] Dominic Cummings appears before MPs after Downing Street exit 

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[2] Simon Wardley’s Analysis - https://twitter.com/swardley/status/1372864326470619141 

[3] Dana Carvey’s Joe Biden - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EufXiqAXNG4

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