I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
I’ve just read Kevin Kelly’s ‘Excellent Advice for Living’. He was interviewed on a Farnham Street Podcast. This is a take on his advice from a perspective of a lobbyist. None of this is original. They are just things that I would find useful as a young campaigner and lobbyist. 1-202 was the first draft. … Read more
Yesterday I finished Vaclav Smil’s “How the World Really Works“. If you want to understand an issue, and Smil has written about it, read it, and your understanding will be the better for it. You should not read it if you believe in wishful thinking, cherry-picking data, or some of the many deceits that are … Read more
I recently came across Edward Tufte. He is the person who helped Amazon to drop the use of PowerPoint and switch to the 6 page memo. After reading some of his writing, I decided to take a course he offers,” PRESENTING DATA AND INFORMATION” Link. The course is just over 4 hours. It is some of … Read more
If you want to become a better lobbyist, you’d be well advised to read and apply the ideas of the late Mortimer J Adler. Adler’s advice on better speaking, listening, writing and reading are as helpful today as they were first published in 1940 and 1983. On Better Listening and Speaking Mortimer Adler’s book “How … Read more