Monthly Archives: December 2021

Just Enough of them . . .

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Re-Re-Reminder to myself of how much of society, or market share, one needs :

“Why is podcasting still open after over 20 years? Drumroll please. The answer: there are enough users who understand how it is supposed to work. They expect to be able to listen to any podcast anywhere they want.

Most probably don’t understand why they have this ability, about the history and technology design that made it possible, but they understand that they have the ability. And it doesn’t have to be all of them or even most of them, just enough of them, whatever that means.”

  • http://scripting.com/2021/12/21/124205.html?title=whyPodcastingIsntDominated

This “Enough” can be

  • 1,000 True Fans,
  • Your First Bowling Pin before/after/during the Crossing The Chasm phase
  • [ I can’t think of any more right now, but I grasp what I’m saying to myself, update later whenever ]

The “Enough” needs to be a Critical Mass, in a “Tail Wagging The Dog”-like market share or society reality.

The size of the Critical Mass doesn’t need to be Enough,

It needs to be Just Enough.

Where Just can be 1% as observed by The 1/9/90 Rule.

In the 20th Century the basic financial…

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“In the 20th Century, the basic financial entity was the corporation. The corporation raised money from investors and distributed some of it as salary to employees. Corporations were under pressure from investors to meet certain goals, and corporations put pressure on employees to behave a certain way in order to meet these goals. The financial incentives for employees to suppress their own personalities and emotions were indirect.


“In the 21st Century, the basic financial entity is the individual. Individuals are exposed to the whims of the market directly, incentivizing them to suppress their own personality and emotions in order to “be themselves” in a way that is likely to generate the highest financial return.


“This means creators and entrepreneurs are freer than ever. But it also means they are trapped in an invisible financial machine that encourages them to completely forget who they are, to become the person that the market needs them to be.”

https://www.drorpoleg.com/selling-your-soul-to-yourself/

The world’s second most popular electric car after…

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The world’s second most popular electric car (after the Tesla Model 3) is the Wuling HongGuang Mini, which costs $5,000 and outsells vehicles from Renault, Hyundai, VW and Nissan.

  • https://www.carscoops.com/2021/05/the-cute-wuling-hongguang-mini-continues-to-dominate-chinas-ev-sales-charts/
  • http://ev-sales.blogspot.com/2021/02/global-top-20-december-2020.html

Short afternoon naps at the workplace lead…

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“Short afternoon naps at the workplace lead to significant increases in productivity, psychological well-being and cognition. In contrast, an extra 30 minutes sleep at night shows no similar improvements.” [Pedro Bessone]

Within Islamic Culture, the practice of praying Tahajjud, the voluntary prayers made during the last third of the night, plus the Siesta, the short nap taken after the Dhuhr Mid-Day prayers, seems to align with this research.

https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/136/3/1887/6217436?redirectedFrom=fulltext