The best manager I ever had was a compassionate man. He was super kind and patient, but he was also firm and fair. He was consistent in enforcing rules and regulations, but he also understood human factors really well. He was not authoritarian. He was more authoritative and he really acted more like a mentor than a manager. He knew how to give feedback in a way that was able to be received and actioned. He was also approachable and liked having random chats with people and getting to know people. I admired him a lot. He was the best manager I’d ever had and when he left the whole workplace took a turn for the worst. His replacement was just a huge doofnugget.

“Thinking, Fast and slow” by Daniel Kahneman

Surprised no one has recommended it. It’s like an explanation of how we think, and how we should think. My only caution with this book is it represents “thinking” from a Westernised concept of rationality and it also represents western cognitive biases. A lot of the research done by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky was only studied among westernised, educated, industrialised, rich, democratic populations which only actually makes up about 12% of the world population. It’s certainly not going to apply to every culture across humanity, but - it’s super helpful.

Having awareness of cognitive biases helps you recognise them in yourself, but also leverage them in other people and that’s power.

It’s easy to answer the question of worst job… I worked at a small private hospital that did mostly orthopaedic, and cosmetic procedures, and lots of little day case procedures as well. It was hands down the most toxic work environment I’d ever experienced ever by a solid long shot. People were insanely nasty to each other and would do quite frankly nasty and sometimes highly unethical and dangerous stuff to each other to try set each other up for failure. I literally changed my practice in the circumstances because I felt uncomfortable leaving my fluids unsupervised in a warming cupboard because I was genuinely concerned someone might maliciously spike my bags with something that could harm a patient. Even years after leaving I never open or run through fluids until the moment I’m about to connect them to a patient, when I can make sure there’s been no tampering. I did not work at that hospital for long. Even though the pay was great, I had more suicidal thoughts whilst working in that hospital than I’d ever had before.

The best place is harder to define. I work in hospitals and there’s always a lot of really annoying workplace politics that detract from the actual cool fun aspects of my job in every hospital. They’re all basically a little bit shit. However, I’d say one hospital in particular just had really excellently planned shifts and respected people’s right to go home at the end of the day. Even though it was less exciting than some other places, I just never felt under appreciated, and because my shifts gave me enough time to complete all my tasks I always felt like I had enough time to do stuff without rushing around like a headless chicken.

No I would not apply to another position at a company that ghosted me. I too see it as a symptom of corporate dysfunction.

> I want to see a social network that solves the bot problem by requiring a fee to post.

Why would people pay to post? Why do people post in the first place?

To attach a fee as proof of their belief in the post content being valuable.

For a thing I am a part of, we use templates that were written by lawyers, adapt them to our circumstances and then the board just decides whether they’re adequate or not. No AI necessary and way cheaper.

I would not do it for $50 because it’s worth way more than that.

I’d also not do it because it’s just another dataset about my life that can be exploited to my detriment on a personal level.

However, I think there’s an ethical dilemma if you begin to sell health data. For example, the type of people who are going to be willing to sell their health data are probably going to be poor people who are desperate for money. They’re probably not going to be thinking about the wider implications of selling that data. Rather they will driven by trying to solve the immediate need in their life (the need for more money).

So monetising health data makes vulnerable people more vulnerable to exploitation as well. Corporations that would want access to health information are probably not as altruistic as you’d like to pretend. They are businesses who will look for opportunities to make money. The easiest people to exploit for the purposes of boosting profits are poor and low-middle class people. The same people who would sell their healthcare data in a moment if it solve an immediate need today.

Additionally, I think it puts people at risk of having their privacy breached with their sensitive information at a high risk. Say for example, you were a woman that had accidentally become pregnant at some stage and didn’t want the baby, so secretly had an abortion without your partners knowledge… if you sell your health data, in some cases you’re selling all your deepest darkest secrets.

When ChatGPT was cool in 2023/2024 I used it a little bit for a few things, but I decided I hated how “perfect”/“robotic”’everything it wrote sounded.

I actually now have a preference for my grammatically incorrect writing.

My emails are especially littered with grammatical errors because I don’t care about emails.

I think AI will just change jobs. There will still be jobs.

I think AI poses a threat to knowledge though. Being able to distinguish between what is real and what is not is becoming increasingly more difficult.

And on the topic of psychiatry there’s also things I don’t think humans are ready to let AI do. I can see how some assessments could be done easier with AI, and how some therapies could also be done using AI… But can you imagine a chronically depressed person being willing to let an AI do ECT’s on them??

Well in practice ECTs are hard to do because of the drugs and anesthesia, the psychiatrist present is practically here for legal reason in my experience.