Universe 🪐⋆⭒
"I have no country to fight for. My country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world."
—Eugene Debs
> in my eyes | the politics of air
Republicans unofficially claim control of "patriotism." Christians unofficially claim control of "faith." Democrats unofficially claim control of "diversity."
Our minds lead us to believe that our subjective, individual interpretations of the world and reality and each other are somehow universally shared and understood by everyone else. ₊ ★☾⋆°✩🛸
- next time "The human mind is designed to be both a scientist and an attorney."
- listening Blossom "Warm Stay"
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The purist ☕🧋
> late to the resistance | coffee nazi
At a coffee shop where I worked in my hometown of Tulsa while getting sober from alcohol, our approach to espresso and coffee was inspired by Italian tradition.
The owner calls himself a coffee purist. Critics call him the Coffee Nazi.
People outside of Tulsa have great difficulty believing that America's top competing barista in 2023 learned how to do espresso in our shop. 🤎
On our internal Slack channel, we had a timeless coffeehouse debate about the people like me who were always showing up late.
What should be done about us?
I said nothing should be done unless someone could prove that minor lateness negatively impacted the business.
Prioritizing minor lateness meant we were prioritizing our feelings and emotions over other challenges.
We have a timeless tendency in the United States to wrongly assume a direct relationship between punctuality and performance.
- Laziness is individually perceived, not globally measured.
- Time, meanwhile, is a human construct. The universe doesn't care if I'm late.
Amazon, which is often called "the smartest company on earth," doesn't punish workers for minor lateness. Neither does Oklahoma's celebrated QuikTrip Corporation.
The perception that laziness and punctuality are obviously related is an illusion.
Therefore, terminating for minor lateness means indulging our feelings and emotions while believing that our workers are in awe of our firmness and decisiveness.
Feelings are valid.
But feelings aren't facts.
- next time "President Barack Obama was known for being late while in the White House."
- listening Mineral "Parking Lot"
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