The Productive Pessimist

  We're way past the point where we can pretend there isn't going to be another global conflict. There's too much bureaucracy that's amputed process at the knees, hogtied it, and then mired it in slowly-solidifying cement.  Process itself is too heavy, with too many moving parts that are too separated, and too frequently told they're the only team that actually  matters. There's too many people in positions they have no qualification or competency for, and too many people in society who'll keep f-cking putting people like that  in those positions, because "they're so funnneeeee!!! I looooovvvve   their Twitter drama!  And snowflakes deserve to be triggered,  hurrr-hurrr, am I right?!" There's too many bullsh*t jobs which have no justification other than the barriers they create to people in jobs that are actually achieving things society will genuinely benefit from - because there are too many vested interests involved in keeping people in ...

  "Remember; January is still  winter! It's unnatural to be making changes and starting things! The world is telling us to be cosy in bed and rest!" I've been seeing this a lot in the past few days, when it hasn't been present in past years as an anti-New Year's Resolution; previously, the counter to "new year, new me" was simply "Hey, if you don't want to make any resolutions or changes, that's cool, you can look back on the things you're proud of, and want to carry on doing." I'm much more in favour of the latter position than the former. The former position, that we just can't possibly be expected to do anything at this time of year , and people are literally being abusive sadists for expecting us to manage basic adult responsibilities "because still winter! Waaaahhhh!!!" Yes, January 1st is an arbitrary date to start a year. But so is February 2nd, March 31st, or the fifty-nevernth of July. Not ...