The History of living beings follows the rules of Nature, the first one of which is about the survival of the species (or rather specific "selfish" genes associated to the species).
In the human beings’ case, chances of survival of the species were seen to be higher through the development of families and tribes. Female members must have had the highest status in human being’s early groups as they were the key to the survival of the group given they give birth to the offspring. Wombs are women's key competitive advantage over men from Nature's point of view.
However, as human groups had to fight for food and territory in order to ensure their survival, physical contact-prone war boosted the status of men over women. This is because men's usually greater physical strength made them more useful face-to-face warriors. Besides, women’s death reduced the ability to raise new group members. Thus, war enabled men to demand leadership of human groups.
In recent years, the development of war arts with no physical contact has weakened the importance of physical strength in battles and has enabled women to fight next to the male members of their groups.
Thus, as the rationale for male leadership is weaker, women find it easier to assert their roles within the human groups. Since men have been stripped off their key competitive advantage over women (physical strength), but women retain theirs (wombs), it is possible that women recoup the leadership status of the human society.
Scientific and engineering progress, though, is already changing human groups’ structure and it may completely overhaul it if ways to override Nature’s choices are found, mastered and applied not only on an exception basis. These ways may include techniques for a variety of non-natural developments, such as full, stable sex changes, addition of wombs to male humans, artificial production of sperm/eggs, building of android robots, off-family styles of breeding the offspring, cloning, appearance of Homo Sapiens sub-species, creation of Homo Sapiens Sapiens beings, or the creation of an alternative species that is able to breed with human beings.
Who knows what the future will bring? All I know is that for the time being all human beings are born free and equal in dignity, rights, freedoms, and obligations, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status (The Universal Declaration of Human Rights).
Love and freedom.
Monday, 22 June 2009
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Por un Frente Liberal
Comentario a la entradilla "Votarías a Stalin como mal menor?" de Albert Esplugas.
Albert:
El truco para cambiar el sistema no es ir en contra el sistema, sino aprovecharte de él.
La pregunta ante la ausencia de un partido político genuinamente liberal no es si te abstienes o votas por el mal menor. La pregunta es por qué diantres los liberales/libertarios/ancaps no montamos un partido liberal/libertario/ancap? Por eso propongo un Frente Liberal.
El problema es que los liberales/libertarios/ancaps somos demasiado individualistas y celosos de nuestra libertad como para trabajar en un proyecto del estilo de un partido político.
El Instituto Juan de Mariana o el agregador RedLiberal han sido y son iniciativas cruciales para el desarrollo del liberalismo en España. Un partido político (por desgracia, la única forma de ejercer el poder en el sistema partitocrático español) es el siguiente paso natural.
Con 100.000 votos se colocaría entre los 10 primeros partidos de España. De verdad que no podemos juntar ese número de votos?
El Partido Pirata sueco ha demostrado que se puede convencer a mucha gente por internet. Por ejemplo, ya sólo con apoyar la eliminación del canon digital se agregaría un buen número de votantes.
La duda es cómo liberales/libertarios/ancaps podríamos ponernos de acuerdo en el programa electoral, en la lista de candidatos y en la tarea común de este hipotético "Frente Liberal"?
Love and freedom.
Albert:
El truco para cambiar el sistema no es ir en contra el sistema, sino aprovecharte de él.
La pregunta ante la ausencia de un partido político genuinamente liberal no es si te abstienes o votas por el mal menor. La pregunta es por qué diantres los liberales/libertarios/ancaps no montamos un partido liberal/libertario/ancap? Por eso propongo un Frente Liberal.
El problema es que los liberales/libertarios/ancaps somos demasiado individualistas y celosos de nuestra libertad como para trabajar en un proyecto del estilo de un partido político.
El Instituto Juan de Mariana o el agregador RedLiberal han sido y son iniciativas cruciales para el desarrollo del liberalismo en España. Un partido político (por desgracia, la única forma de ejercer el poder en el sistema partitocrático español) es el siguiente paso natural.
Con 100.000 votos se colocaría entre los 10 primeros partidos de España. De verdad que no podemos juntar ese número de votos?
El Partido Pirata sueco ha demostrado que se puede convencer a mucha gente por internet. Por ejemplo, ya sólo con apoyar la eliminación del canon digital se agregaría un buen número de votantes.
La duda es cómo liberales/libertarios/ancaps podríamos ponernos de acuerdo en el programa electoral, en la lista de candidatos y en la tarea común de este hipotético "Frente Liberal"?
Love and freedom.
Monday, 1 June 2009
Tips to bid successfully
Please find below some tips to bid successfully.
Attributes of a winning bid:
1. Capability.
2. Creativity.
3. Credibility.
4. Compatibility.
5. Commitment.
Phases of a winning bid.
1. Prepare: mobilise, understand, plan.
2. Execute: interact, articulate, present.
3. Win: follow-up, capitalise.
Client roles in a competitive tender process
1. Gatekeeper
2. Decision-maker
3. Evaluator
4. Influencer
5. Coach
Phases of a client relationship:
1. Unknown party.
2. Service supplier.
3. Trusted advisor.
4. Trusted partner.
Love and freedom.
Attributes of a winning bid:
1. Capability.
2. Creativity.
3. Credibility.
4. Compatibility.
5. Commitment.
Phases of a winning bid.
1. Prepare: mobilise, understand, plan.
2. Execute: interact, articulate, present.
3. Win: follow-up, capitalise.
Client roles in a competitive tender process
1. Gatekeeper
2. Decision-maker
3. Evaluator
4. Influencer
5. Coach
Phases of a client relationship:
1. Unknown party.
2. Service supplier.
3. Trusted advisor.
4. Trusted partner.
Love and freedom.
Saturday, 30 May 2009
Tips for a successful team
Please find below tips to form a successful team.
Attributes of a winning team:
1. Common goal.
2. Self-belief.
3. Collaboration.
4. Creativity.
5. Role balance
By recognising specific personality types and skill bases, a random group of individuals can be structured to become a highly effective team that delivers much more than the sum of its parts. Successful teams combine the right mix of people with complementary skills. At the same time, individuals in a balanced, successful team will feel more motivated and will perform more effectively.
Some studies suggest eight essential roles are needed to form an optimum team:
1. Explorer Networker: keeps in touch with new thinking, inquisitive, excited by ideas/challenges, enjoys people, spots opportunities, uses initiative.
2. Leader Co-ordinator: encourages people to participate, offers co-ordination and control, resolves differences of opinion, averts and defuses conflicts.
3. Driver: energises people, pushes for action, asserts views on what needs to be done, challenges alternative opinions.
4. Completer Achiever: approaches tasks in an urgent meticulous manner, maintains standards, meets deadlines.
5. Specialist: a technical approach, specific area of expertise, maintains a specialist role.
6. Analyst: demonstrates analytical rigour in thinking, decisions are considered and educated.
7. Team Coach: attentive to people's needs and welfare, listens to concerns, explores feelings on a particular issue.
8. Innovator: source of creative thinking for strategies and problems, break-through approaches, original ideas.
What team member role do you fulfill?
Love and freedom.
Attributes of a winning team:
1. Common goal.
2. Self-belief.
3. Collaboration.
4. Creativity.
5. Role balance
By recognising specific personality types and skill bases, a random group of individuals can be structured to become a highly effective team that delivers much more than the sum of its parts. Successful teams combine the right mix of people with complementary skills. At the same time, individuals in a balanced, successful team will feel more motivated and will perform more effectively.
Some studies suggest eight essential roles are needed to form an optimum team:
1. Explorer Networker: keeps in touch with new thinking, inquisitive, excited by ideas/challenges, enjoys people, spots opportunities, uses initiative.
2. Leader Co-ordinator: encourages people to participate, offers co-ordination and control, resolves differences of opinion, averts and defuses conflicts.
3. Driver: energises people, pushes for action, asserts views on what needs to be done, challenges alternative opinions.
4. Completer Achiever: approaches tasks in an urgent meticulous manner, maintains standards, meets deadlines.
5. Specialist: a technical approach, specific area of expertise, maintains a specialist role.
6. Analyst: demonstrates analytical rigour in thinking, decisions are considered and educated.
7. Team Coach: attentive to people's needs and welfare, listens to concerns, explores feelings on a particular issue.
8. Innovator: source of creative thinking for strategies and problems, break-through approaches, original ideas.
What team member role do you fulfill?
Love and freedom.
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Tips to achieve success
No success is achieved without trying. Yet fear of failure is as important a cause for procrastination as fear of pain.
Skillset is absolutely necessary for people to reach an average level; however, it's mindset what turns average people into successful elite.
Motivation, focus, and positive physiology make people believe in themselves. Confidence is the key to success. If you aim at the target and follow through, you will likely get through.
None the less, please do not belittle skillset because if we motivate a monkey, what do we get? Just a motivated monkey!
Love and freedom.
Skillset is absolutely necessary for people to reach an average level; however, it's mindset what turns average people into successful elite.
Motivation, focus, and positive physiology make people believe in themselves. Confidence is the key to success. If you aim at the target and follow through, you will likely get through.
None the less, please do not belittle skillset because if we motivate a monkey, what do we get? Just a motivated monkey!
Love and freedom.
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Lingüistas por el "-ente"
Me cuenta L., una amiga lingüista, que en español existen los participios activos como derivados verbales. Por ejemplo:
- el participio activo del verbo "atacar", es atacante;
- el de "sufrir", sufriente;
- el de "cantar", cantante;
- el de "existir", existente.
¿Cuál es el participio activo del verbo "ser"?
El participio activo del verbo "ser", es 'ente'. El que es: el ente, que tiene entidad.
Por ese motivo cuando queremos denotar que una persona posee la capacidad para ejercer la acción que expresa un verbo, adjetivamos el nombre usando el participio activo conveniente posponiendo la terminación 'ente' a la raíz del verbo.
Así, a la persona que preside se le dice presidente, no presidenta, independientemente del sexo que tenga la persona o del género que tenga el nombre. Más aún:
- se dice la capilla ardiente, no ardienta;
- se dice la o el estudiante, no la estudianta;
- se dice el o la adolescente, no la adolescenta;
- se dice la o el paciente, no la pacienta.
Lean en voz alta un ejemplo chirriante de este mal uso del español:
No se debe llevar la política de igualdad hasta el absurdo (o la absurda ;-).
Love and freedom.
- el participio activo del verbo "atacar", es atacante;
- el de "sufrir", sufriente;
- el de "cantar", cantante;
- el de "existir", existente.
¿Cuál es el participio activo del verbo "ser"?
El participio activo del verbo "ser", es 'ente'. El que es: el ente, que tiene entidad.
Por ese motivo cuando queremos denotar que una persona posee la capacidad para ejercer la acción que expresa un verbo, adjetivamos el nombre usando el participio activo conveniente posponiendo la terminación 'ente' a la raíz del verbo.
Así, a la persona que preside se le dice presidente, no presidenta, independientemente del sexo que tenga la persona o del género que tenga el nombre. Más aún:
- se dice la capilla ardiente, no ardienta;
- se dice la o el estudiante, no la estudianta;
- se dice el o la adolescente, no la adolescenta;
- se dice la o el paciente, no la pacienta.
Lean en voz alta un ejemplo chirriante de este mal uso del español:
La vicepresidenta era una estudianta adolescenta, sufrienta y poco pacienta, que quería ser eleganta para que la nombraran representanta y además llegar a ser integranta de la asamblea constituyenta. Ahora por fin es la vicepresidenta presenta, pero llegará el día que la veremos sonrienta en una capilla ardienta por ahora inexistenta.
¡Qué mal suena esta retahíla, Vicepresidenta, política dirigenta y miembra contenta!
No se debe llevar la política de igualdad hasta el absurdo (o la absurda ;-).
Love and freedom.
Friday, 22 May 2009
The Terminator Turns into a Spendinator
Cato Institute fellow Danny Mitchell said, California is the "France of America". Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has turned from Terminator into Spendinator.
Obama's America and Gordon's UK are following California's unsustainable spending path and they will all pay the consequences later (I mean, the taxpayers will pay the consequences later). Increasing government spending means extracting wealth from the market economy either by taxation or by borrowing which will have to be paid in the future by taxation again.
As Milton Friedman said today's style of democratic government is not a government of the majority, but a government of sufficient coalitions of special interest minorities:
Love and freedom.
Obama's America and Gordon's UK are following California's unsustainable spending path and they will all pay the consequences later (I mean, the taxpayers will pay the consequences later). Increasing government spending means extracting wealth from the market economy either by taxation or by borrowing which will have to be paid in the future by taxation again.
As Milton Friedman said today's style of democratic government is not a government of the majority, but a government of sufficient coalitions of special interest minorities:
La mayoría gobierna. Pero es un tipo bastante especial de mayoría. Está formada por una coalición de minorías con intereses especiales diferentes. El método para conseguir la elección para el Congreso consiste en reunir grupos de, digamos, el dos o el tres por ciento de los electores, cada uno de los cuales está muy interesado en un tema especial que difícilmente preocupa al resto de los votantes. Cada grupo estará dispuesto a votar a un candidato si éste promete apoyar este punto, sin considerar lo que haga respecto a otros temas. Si juntamos un número suficiente de estos grupos, alcanzaremos una mayoría de un 51 por ciento. Este es el tipo de mayoría que dirige el país.
Love and freedom.
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