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Steve Cortis

11 June 2018

Programs for the poor

Throughout the years many programs for the poor (PFTP) got executed. The track record for these programs is underwhelming. PFTP’s are usually inefficient and create an extra layer of bureaucracy. PFTP’s also creates an incentive to beat the system. For …

Steve Cortis

09 June 2018

Travelling alone

Where once we travelled to work with buses, trams and trains, now, we partly as a result of massive state investment in roads coupled with the declining availability of public transport, many have little choice but to travel by car. …

Steve Cortis

11 June 2018

‘Freedom from’ concept

Human existence and freedom are from the beginning inseparable. Freedom is here used not in its positive sense of ‘freedom to’ but in its negative sense of ‘freedom from’, namely the freedom from instinctual determination of his actions. At that …

Steve Cortis

09 June 2018

Self Reflection

Niki made a new observation on self reflection, it focuses on things you hate. Things that you drag your feet to do, things that make procrastination such a popular subject. We have to accept that some tasks aren’t our cup …

Steve Cortis

09 June 2018

Slow is good

Slowness has a bad name. Fast is cool, Fast is better, we reward speed. If you search for synonyms of slowness you’ll find weakness, sluggishness and apathy among other results. What if slowness, a minute of extra thought can save …

Steve Cortis

13 July 2017

Competition

The subject matter of the book is competition. Yet what struck me most is the idea of competition between fellow drivers. Adam Parr asks the question blatantly; Let’s just have a quick digression on psychological warfare between fellow drivers. How …

Steve Cortis

11 June 2018

Static vs Dynamic adaption

It seems useful to differentiate between “static” and “dynamic” adaption. By static adaption we mean such an adaption to patterns as leaves the whole character structure unchanged and implies only the adaption of a new habit. An example of this …