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  • The problem is that most of us have swallowed the ‘competence uber alles’ ideal that school fed us through exams and scoring, when the game really is mostly politics (as in interpersonal relationships). So we are understandably disappointed when the incompetent get promoted through brown nosing or luck, when we should be reevaluating the rules of the game.




  • No probably about it.

    Mechanical watches lose 10-15 secs per day which declines as they get older or aren’t serviced, a $40 Casio might miss 30 secs per month, never needs servicing other than a battery change.

    Mechanical watches are no longer utility items, they are fashion items that happen to tell time.







  • The reality is those graves and artifacts were being hunted and sacked for thousands of years for all kinds of purposes (mostly steal whatever they could, to melt the gold and sell the gems) as soon they stopped being actively guarded or cared for, or their religious value diminished along with the religion that they were made for.

    More than that, surrounding people kept on repurposing materials from the temples to build other structures.

    Every new empire that took over their land would plunder whatever value they could find to fund their army and enrich themselves.

    This long term view of history of artifacts of old empires as something to be preserved at all costs, let alone in their country of origin is rather new - hell, the idea of a nation state is rather new.

    Where are the ancient museums that were preserving artifacts of older civilisations?

    Now, should they be given back close to their place of origin and historical context? My modern sensibilities say absolutely.

    But I can hardly call the people that took them for the sake of inflating their social standing and preserving them in the process of displaying them in their collections special kind of assholes than anyone that came before them that wanted only to melt them down for cash - it was an improvement if only because were not as desperate as the people before them.




  • whereisk@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldThe Ark
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    8 months ago

    This relates to the bible concept of firmament, flat earth and separation of waters, as in genesis when it says god separated waters above and below.

    The nomads knew wells, rain, islands, tides and flooding rivers, so the world they conceptualised was one where God moved water above and below to reveal dry land. As such in the story it seemed logically consistent to allow massive amounts of water to come from above and below returning the world in what they considered a previous, erased state to reboot it.




  • whereisk@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlgot em
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    9 months ago

    First move of any new management is to take the worst possible stocktake and shine the worst possible light to last management’s figures. Then any meagre positive movement or even if things remain the same will look like improvement.