122: Surfing with Michael "GeePaw" Hill
March 20th, 2019 · 1 hr 5 mins
About this Episode
01:45 - Autopoiesis, Smell, and Passing
Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living
Thud!: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
11:15 - The Channels in Your Head (Noise)
12:15 - GeePaw’s Superpower: Having an enormous capacity for doubt -- especially self-doubt; The Cost of Certainty
18:25 - Doubt vs Narrowing
23:31 - Refactoring; Easiest, Nearest, Owie, First
25:53 - Defining “Better” and “Done”
30:55 - Thin vs Thick Culture
42:34 - FACT: Geeks Are Paid Extremely Well -- Why are we still not happy?
48:02 - Occupational Game Playing
- The System You Are Building
- The Game of Your Team
- The Game of Your Career
- The Game of Living
Reflections:
Jessica: When you act, you then see what happens.
Sam: Any metric can be gamed and will be gamed.
The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' by Sidney Dekker
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