i. Shanghai In 2007, honking was banned in Shanghai within the city limits (外环)[1]. I was six years old. When I first learned of the new law, I felt not for or against, but confused. Why did carmakers spend money making horns, which are apparently so evil that they need...
I’ve recently had the misfortune of leading a contracted integration project with a very bureaucratic government agency, as a private sector vendor (software product startup). While my company was agile, our client was decidedly not. Emails I intend for one or two recipients end up with 20 ccs. Requests that...
(This post does not belabor why most people want or need insurance. That has been extensively discussed: What makes buying insurance rational?, When Is Insurance Worth It?, Money threshold Trigger Action Patterns.) We the people have not been loving our insurance premiums, which has outpaced both inflation and wage increase...