Let me paint you a picture of what happened this week. And you understand that this is a figure of speech, because I can’t post an actual picture for reasons you’ll soon understand. A status update on my LinkedIn feed said, “Solve this, and we will offer you a great job in a top IT… Continue reading What clickbait is costing you
Category: Thoughts on words
The six minutes that can save your life
So. Phew, eh? What a week. As news of Robin Williams’s death spread, so did the waves of grief, expressed in tears, hushed and disbelieving tones, and countless written words. So, so many articles, blogs, Tweets, and Facebook statuses. Of course. Writing is the most time-honoured way of making sense of something. Psychologists tell… Continue reading The six minutes that can save your life
Hope
A few weeks ago I went on a bad news fast. It’s possible that the world is no worse than it’s ever been – indeed, statistics show that in many ways it’s getting better and better – but our exposure to bad news is getting higher and higher. I was, to quote a friend, suffering from “outrage exhaustion”,… Continue reading Hope