by John Macdonald | Aug 9, 2023 | The250
Continuing my discussion with the younger me… Keep my head down, play by the rules, avoid scary, stay in the framework, never get in trouble, and all will turn out dreamy. If it felt scary or I wasn’t comfortable, the younger me believed it wasn’t for me. Little... by John Macdonald | Aug 8, 2023 | The250
Getting older is a funny thing. Time speeds up. The black and white of my youth fades to grey. The weave of certainty unravels. The future compresses from limitless possibilities to a subset of realities. The current me looks back on the previous me and wonders. What... by John Macdonald | Aug 7, 2023 | The250
We swim around inside a foamy sea of multitasking. We ride the waves, juggling tasks, hoping to crest the wave of productivity. However, beneath the surface, the undertow of inefficiency and stress pulls us deeper into the tumultuous waters. The industrial machine... by John Macdonald | Aug 6, 2023 | The250
Read a great article from Luke Burgis about AI and Effective Altruism. I have also mused about this topic in the past. Rest assured that you don’t have to be a foot soldier in the Effective Altruism (EA) movement to be doing work that... by John Macdonald | Aug 5, 2023 | The250
At first, it may seem as if work that matters is outward facing and possibly even objective. We can all agree that some work matters objectively, right? When asked, you might say something like teaching, medicine, social work, policing, green energy, defense/military,... by John Macdonald | Aug 4, 2023 | The250
Right out of college, I thought I had found the perfect career path. I started my career at a large defense contractor (GE Astrospace — which became Martin Marietta and then Lockheed Martin while I sat at the same desk, doing the same thing). As a space...