I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
A series of posts on good practice in lobbying and campaigning
Yesterday I finished Vaclav Smil’s “How the World Really Works“. If you want to understand an issue, and Smil has written about it, read it, and your understanding will be the better for it. You should not read it if you believe in wishful thinking, cherry-picking data, or some of the many deceits that are … Read more
Edward Tufte is the reason why Jeff Bezos banned PowerPoint at Amazon. Discovering this led me to look into this Princeton/Yale Professor. I don’t like PowerPoint. It always jarred with me. Some people I respect tell me it can be done well. Tufte explains an alternative – smarter presentations and shorter meetings. His advice is … Read more
I recently came across Edward Tufte. He is the person who helped Amazon to drop the use of PowerPoint and switch to the 6 page memo. After reading some of his writing, I decided to take a course he offers,” PRESENTING DATA AND INFORMATION” Link. The course is just over 4 hours. It is some of … Read more
An excellent thread from @farnamstreet on producing better arguments. Priceless advice for any campaigner or lobbyist. Too often we use straw arguments, thinking they will win. They don’t. They a swept away, and you don’t win. Instead, use this technique, and create a steelman, and your chances of winning will increase. Strange it appeared as … Read more