A Minute With Alan™ — Belief Changing
April 21th, 2022 I have changed my beliefs about things, and you should too.
Survey Mania
Surveys are notoriously weak sampling tools. They are self-selective, in that they usually prompt responses from those very happy and those very unhappy—but not all those people in the middle…
Alan Weiss’s Word of the Week™ — 04/27/2022
Traduce: To speak poorly of someone. “He wouldn’t merely speak poorly of his opponent, he would traduce his record, family and reputation all at one time.”
Exploding Heads
Some people get so worked up that it seems as if their heads are going to explode. Once that happens they’re pretty useless. I admire passion, but not zealotry. I…
Stop Overanalyzing
I’ve had people “interpret” things I’ve written in a way that has nothing to do with my meaning or intent. One person accused me of writing self-effacing humor as a…
A Minute With Alan™ — Control
May 3rd, 2022 If you think you’re smarter because you’re younger, try and take me on.
A Minute With Alan™ — Conventions
May 9th, 2022 Conventions are excuses for people to come together and lie about how well they’re doing.
Alan Weiss’s Word of the Week™ — 05/18/2022
Mithraic: Relation to secret and mystical rites. “The group aroused suspicions because of rumors about their adherence to Mithraic proceedings.”
A Minute With Alan™ — Save the Children
May 20th, 2022 This will hurt the workforce, the next generation, and the generation after that.
Why? Why Not?
Someone once asked the great naturalist, John Muir, why poison ivy existed, since it seemed to have no beneficial use and caused so much pain. Muir replied, “Perhaps it was…