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What is Nothing?
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Will Twitter be around in 5 years?
Or will it be the property of Google?
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What makes you happy?
Snowflakes?
Seeing the suffering of others?
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Speak English or Die
Caterpillars
Processionary caterpillars are an unusual species. They travel
one after the other, head to tail in their search for food. It
is because of this behavior that Jean Henri Fabre, the French
entomologist, conducted an experiment.He placed processionary caterpillars around the rim of a teacup
one after the other in a circle. In the tea cup he placed their
favorite foods, inches from their current location.Through instinct and the strength of habit, the ring of
caterpillars circled the teacup for seven days, until they died
from exhaustion and starvation. They died with the food they
were searching for just inches away. Because of their nature and
this arrangement they all assumed someone else was leading.While we as humans are more insightful, complex and intelligent,
our behavior, sadly, often mimics that of the processionary
caterpillar.We follow our leaders and habits blindly, without questioning if
our direction will get us where we want to go. If we are leading
we often rely too much on instinct and habit. Perhaps worse, if
we aren’t the assigned leader don’t think at all, assuming those
who are leading are doing it well. Perhaps they are. Or perhaps
you are collectively lining your own teacup.Following blindly is dangerous enough for us as individuals, but
can be even more devastating for us as leaders. As leaders we
are asked to lead people to a desired future. It is rightly
expected of us to do that with good information and a reasoned
approach.
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Speak English or Die 3:09 pm on April 15, 2009 Permalink
what the hell is twitter?