Politicians don’t persist because they’re stupid or confused. They persist because the system rewards the one thing a normal adult hates doing: admitting they screwed up. At first, sure, they get to play dumb. They get their little starter pack of excuses. “Unintended consequences.” “We didn’t anticipate.” “The data was unclear.” That’s the early stage,…
Author: George
Pretending Not To Notice
A society does not fall apart because one day everyone forgets how to behave. It falls apart because the people in charge stop caring whether things work, and start caring whether things look correct. They begin treating public life like a stage. They manage impressions, not results. They punish the people who point out the…
Job Crafting
Life’s a big cosmic carnival and your job is just one of the funhouse mirrors in it. And if you’re not tweaking that mirror to show you the reflection you want, you’re just standing around waiting for someone else to paint your face like a clown. Job crafting, my friend, is basically saying, “Hey, I’m…
Replacing Managers and Executives with AI
These “essential” tasks of tracking steps in project progress, checking prerequisites, and scheduling meetings are as creative as peeling potatoes. Any monkey could do it, but why waste a perfectly good monkey? Let AI handle it.
An End To Astroturf
People keep talking about “the good old days” – that magical time when every institution was supposedly aboveboard, every politician was a man of the people, and the news was a shining beacon of truth hand-delivered by a haloed anchorman. As if Walter Cronkite was broadcasting straight from the right hand of God, free from…
Delay Deny Defend
Isn’t it amazing how insurance companies have turned into the schoolyard bullies of the adult world? Yeah, that’s right, the folks who are supposed to “share your risk” and “have your back” are now the ones knocking your lunch tray onto the floor. Except it’s not a milk carton and a PB&J they’re dropping; it’s…
Robot Slaves
History has a way of repeating itself, especially when we refuse to learn from it. Take the grand idea of using slaves for cheap labor. Ah yes, humanity’s oldest bad habit. We think, “Free labor? Sign me up! What could possibly go wrong?” Well, sit back and let me tell you—a lot. Sure, you can…
Hating Elon
It seems that every time someone comes along with a genuine vision for the future, someone who’s actually capable of moving the needle for humanity, there’s a bunch of small-minded bureaucrats standing in the way, clipboards in hand, trying to throw sand in the gears? Yeah, I’m talking about Elon Musk—you know, the guy who’s…
Patronage, Malice, or Incompetence
Paying taxes is like putting gas in a car you’ll never drive. You fill it up, they thank you, and then they drive off to who-knows-where while you’re left standing there like an idiot, waiting for a ride that’ll never come. They’ve got a tank full of your cash, and you’ve got a pothole-ridden street,…
Institutional Distrust
You know what’s really funny? And by funny, I mean absolutely fucking infuriating. The erosion of trust in our so-called “institutions,” the ones we’re all supposed to blindly trust, like good little citizens. Yeah, that’s right—the government, the TSA, all those folks who are supposed to keep us safe from the big, bad world out…
DEI Utopia
Ladies and gentlemen, let’s talk about DEI, or as I like to call it, the Department of Euphemisms and Insanity. You see, DEI is this wonderful tool we’ve created to ensure we can cram more women into roles where they historically never quite fit—like firefighters. Now, before you get all huffy, let’s get one thing…
Prison Sex
You know what’s really funny? The state. Oh, they’re hilarious. They strut around in their fancy suits, promising to keep us safe, to make our lives better, to uphold justice. But let’s be honest, they’re about as effective as a screen door on a submarine. They can’t fulfill any of their grand promises because, at…