January Round-up

Jan 31, 2023

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Hello everyone!

I wanted to give a quick highlight to a few posts you may have missed from my other publications, then we’ll get into the subscriber-only portion of this post!

Dive into Data Architecture and why it matters. Even if it isn’t your cup of tea, this should be fairly approachable:

Bizlandia

Explaining Data Architecture

When I started my career, I could have cared less where and how our data was stored. I was using it, sure, but at the end of the day, the data was there and I could analyze it. The approach at my first employer (APT) at the time was fairly straight forward and made sense based on early 2000’s standards: store the data in on-premise SQL Server data wareho…

2 years ago · Ben Mumma

Read why you (yes, you!) should run a marathon:

The Human Optimization Project

Why You (Yes, You!) Should Run a Marathon

I generally stay away from offering specific guidance as to what one should do as exercise. My canned response is “hey, go find something you enjoy and do that.” While that is valid, if easy, advice to give, I’m adding something a bit more controversial: I believe that everyone should run a marathon…

3 years ago · Ben Mumma

And think about using the maxim of “Truth, Health, then Wealth” in your own life:

The Book of Principles

#7 - Truth, Health, then Wealth

Under the broad framework of “Principles”, one potential theme throughout this series would be “developing a cohesive worldview.” A cohesive worldview was once a top interest of students attending college, but it inexplicably fell out of favor in the 1970’s relative to the predictable desire for wealth and influence. Whether or not that reflects a true c…

2 years ago · Ben Mumma

And lastly, I can’t help double up on The Book of Principles (please subscribe there as well!) to talk about the three things that all of us have to combat in order to stay guided by our principles:

The Book of Principles

#8 - The Enemies of Principles

We’ve started with covering foundational concepts, why a principle-based framework is essential to getting us toward better discourse, and what a starting framework could be. That much should be fairly self-evident. Today we are going to cover the three primary enemies that work against your desire, my desire, and everyone else’s desire to build and keep…

2 years ago · Ben Mumma

And with that… we’re going to jump into how the CDC is trying to kill us, tech layoffs, and global power imbalances… but only for paid subscribers!

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