# Welcome to Don't Overthink This
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> Episode 46: [[Masturbating with Information]]
> Episode 45: [[The Impending Revolution]]
> Episode 44: [[The Working Class and the Disconnected Intelligentsia]]
> Episode 43: [[Trump and the Fascist Love Triangle]]
> Episode 42: [[A Gen Z Awareness Moment]]
> Episode 41: [[LSD and Real Analysts]]
> Episode 40: [[The Social Experiment of the Olympics]]
> Episode 39: [[Truth, Facts, and Rhetoric]]
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### Recent Posts
### [[Doing What You Want]]
*Ross Jackson - February 4, 2025*
>It is challenging for one to do what one wants in life. It is even more difficult to do what one wants in life and have it work out to one’s benefit. Much of society is based on conformity. This conformity is far-reaching. It can be subtle. It is part of the dominant ideology... [[Doing What You Want|Read More]]
### [[Doing More While Understanding Less]]
*Ross Jackson - February 3, 2025*
>Technology drives a wedge between doing and understanding. In terms of productivity, technology is fantastic. It enables an individual to do the work of many. Calculations that would have taken hours or days now can be solved in fractions of a second... [[Doing More While Understanding Less|Read More]]
### [[The Illusion of Big Management Consulting]]
*Brian Heath - February 3, 2025*
>In the corporate world, big management consulting firms parade promises of transformative change. Yet, beneath their polished façades lies a glaring truth: they offer generic solutions in expensive packaging. This raises a question—why do executives... [[The Illusion of Big Management Consulting|Read More]]
### [[Absurd Travel]]
*Ross Jackson - February 2, 2025*
>There is a correlation in the return to office frenzy: return to travel. Much of the “return” efforts are symbolic. The returns represent nothing more than the physical manifestation of power. Executives want to flex; employees are meant to comply. If anybody ever wanted proof... [[Absurd Travel|Read More]]
### [[Caution, Something Might Happen]]
*Ross Jackson - February 1, 2025*
>Bureaucrats are notoriously risk averse. Their careers advance based primarily on their ability to adhere to official policies. They have little incentive to do more and almost no incentive to deviate from the rules. They tend to be cautious. Entrepreneurs, in contradistinction... [[Caution, Something Might Happen|Read More]]
### [[Engagement and Detachment in Professional Growth]]
*Brian Heath - February 1, 2025*
>Recently, someone noted that I sometimes seem deeply invested in my work, while other days, I appear indifferent with a "Fuck'em" attitude. This observation highlights a common experience in our personal and professional lives, pointing to the journey... [[Engagement and Detachment in Professional Growth|Read More]]
### [[Nothing More Than the Minimum]]
*Ross Jackson - January 31, 2025*
>An old joke about the office dynamics between workers and managers goes something like this: I pretend to work, and the manager pretends to care. At the core of this joke is that both parties are engaged in a symbiotic act of giving the minimum... [[Nothing More Than the Minimum|Read More]]
### [[Profit Requires Exploitation]]
*Ross Jackson - January 30, 2025*
>There are two sides to the profit equation: revenue and cost. Revenue is generated at the point of purchase. Most firms attempt to maximize the price of their product. However, most products are nonessential. These items face a downward consumer demand... [[Profit Requires Exploitation|Read More]]
### [[Our Understanding is Limited]]
*Ross Jackson - January 29, 2025*
>People’s knowledge and understanding is limited. Not some people, some of the time, but all people, all the time. The best anyone can ever do is to learn more and keep an open mind. When we approach things with this understanding, a space emerges for patience... [[Our Understanding is Limited|Read More]]
### [[A Nation Without a Society]]
*Ross Jackson - January 28, 2025*
>Societies predate nation states. Humans have banded together for protection, collective benefit, and socialization throughout history. In the earliest manifestations of society, the groupings were familiar. As they grew, societies formed in geographic areas... [[A Nation Without a Society|Read More]]
### [[Return-to-Work Initiatives are a Symptom of Larger Problems]]
*Brian Heath - January 27, 2025*
>Return-to-work initiatives have exposed a critical flaw in organizational leadership: the inability to produce outcomes and hold people accountable without resorting to direct oversight and micromanagement. Despite being framed as efforts to boost efficiency... [[Return-to-Work Initiatives are a Symptom of Larger Problems|Read More]]
### [[The Whatever Era]]
*Ross Jackson - January 27, 2025*
>There was a time when, at least publicly, the upper echelon of society was held to the highest standard of behavior, decorum, and ethics. Of course, this was mainly for show. However, there used to be a scandal. No longer. For those within the plutocratic elite... [[The Whatever Era|Read More]]
### [[Breaking the Chains of It's All Been Done]]
*Brian Heath - January 23, 2025*
>Organizations often fall back on the excuse that "it's all been done" to cling to the status quo. The older the organization, the more entrenched this mindset becomes. But let's pause and consider what it truly means to have accomplished something... [[Breaking the Chains of It's All Been Done|Read More]]
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### Some Older Posts
* [[Smiling in the Snow]] by *Ross Jackson - January 23, 2025*
* [[You aren't a Scientist]] by *Brian Heath - January 22, 2025*
* [[Rethinking AI Interaction Beyond Prompt Engineering]] by *Brian Heath - January 22, 2025*
* [[Declarations]] by *Ross Jackson - January 21, 2025*
* [[8 Strategies to Master the Organizational Game]] by *Brian Heath - January 21, 2025*
* [[Identifying Bad Bosses]] by *Ross Jackson - January 20, 2025*
* [[The Waiver]] by *Ross Jackson - January 19, 2025*
* [[False Security]] by *Brian Heath - January 19, 2025*
* [[Analytics Twilight]] by *Ross Jackson - January 18, 2025*
* [[The Future of Interfaces and Dignity]] by *Brian Heath - January 18, 2025*
* [[Strategic Delay]] by *Ross Jackson - January 17, 2025*