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Moartea ca arta de a trai: Jean-Martin Charcot

Charcot a murit in noaptea de 16 august 1893, dupa ce a mancat prea bine si a baut prea bine.

In memoriam- Stephane Audeguy

Definitia prealabila

Interpretarea clasica spune: Dumnezeu nu are chip, deci omul nu va avea. Aceasta fraza este interpretata ca un fel de declaratie ironica sau paradoxala. Si daca mergem si mai departe, inseamna ca omul nu poate spune: "Eu sunt", ci doar :"Sunt pe cale de a fi...","Devin..".Cu alte cuvinte: nu sunt prizonierul unei definitii prealabile. Pur si simplu: Dumnezeu a creat omul liber !

"Cea mai frumoasa istorie a lui Dumnezeu". Jean Bottero-asiriologul si Marc-Alain Quaknin-rabinul cu Joseph Moingt- iezuitul

Do you need a boss ?

Some 4 years ago Seth Godin wrote a great post on his blog. I love it back them and I still love it right now. So I will republish it. And NO, is not published just for my people :)

"Do you need a boss?

You don't realize how much you need a boss until you don't have one. Bosses don't always do the following, especially when they're not very good bosses, but here's what we know about good bosses:

Bosses organize your time for you.
Bosses decide what's urgent.
Bosses give you cover when you work on something stupid ("she told me to!")
Bosses pay you even when the client doesn't honor the invoice.
Bosses can be sued.
Bosses create deadlines, and stick with them.
Bosses make sure you show up in the morning.
Bosses pay for the Postits.
Bosses give you someone to complain about.
Bosses carve up the work and give you just that piece you signed up to do.
Bosses give you a role model. (Sometimes one to work against, but that's a different story).

The main thing a boss does, though, is give you the momentum you need to get through the stuff that takes perseverance. The main thing that ends the career of a Free Agent is the lack of a hand pushing on the back, someone handing out assignments and waiting for the deliverables. Who keeps you going when you don't feel like doing it?

If you don't have a boss, you may need to invent one."

You don't realize how much you need a boss until you don't have one. Bosses don't always do the following, especially when they're not very good bosses, but here's what we know about good bosses:

Bosses organize your time for you.
Bosses decide what's urgent.
Bosses give you cover when you work on something stupid ("she told me to!")
Bosses pay you even when the client doesn't honor the invoice.
Bosses can be sued.
Bosses create deadlines, and stick with them.
Bosses make sure you show up in the morning.
Bosses pay for the Postits.
Bosses give you someone to complain about.
Bosses carve up the work and give you just that piece you signed up to do.
Bosses give you a role model. (Sometimes one to work against, but that's a different story).

The main thing a boss does, though, is give you the momentum you need to get through the stuff that takes perseverance. The main thing that ends the career of a Free Agent is the lack of a hand pushing on the back, someone handing out assignments and waiting for the deliverables. Who keeps you going when you don't feel like doing it?

If you don't have a boss, you may need to invent one."

Aristotel vs Andrei Cornea ?

Dilemateca ramine singura revista pe care o citesc ( sau cumpar). Poate pentru rubrica lui Vasile Dem. Zamfirescu ( care in ultimele doua numere -iunie si iulie- a fost wow factor) , poate pentru a scurta sederile la Diverta in cautare de carte (maile ales ca ritualul saptaminal impreuna cu fiul meu mai mare arata ca dupa Diverta vine MacDonald ), poate pentru ca imbatrinesc si incep sa am tabieturi. Habar nu am.

In orice caz o recenzie din ultimul numar m-a enervat groaznic. Fac parte din categoria celor care citesc filozofie desi asta ma face trist ( asta conform sotiei care - culmea ironiei- este licentiata si in filozofie) sau ma nauceste in perioada in care sunt cuprins de lectura ( deci daca ma vedeti citeva zile cam nauc stiti de ce). Deci la Recenzii gasesc "Despre generare si nimicire" a lui Aristotel, tratat pe care nu il citisem si care nu fusese tradus. Ce incantare si ce oportunitate (mai ales ca nici nu este una din lucrarile lui Aristotel des comentate). Asta pina cand ma enervez citind limba-n .... aaa...nu.. recenzia domnului Alexander Bamgarten. Statistic el mentioneaza de cinci ori numele traducatorului adica exact de cite ori pomeneste si numele autorului ( Hey..we are talking about Aristotel over here !). 

Daca ai citi in graba recenzia ai fi sigur ca Aristotel a scris doar prefata si magnificul Andrei Cornea a facut toata treaba grea. Ca sa citez :
- "Andrei Cornea reia, odata cu versiunea sa la Despre Generare si Nimicire, un mod propriu si asumat de intelegere a lui Aristotel" ( aaaaa.. what ? Adica A.C. nu a tradus un text..el a reluat un mod propriu si... what the ....?)
- "adesea sclipitor si inovator prin contributia lui Andrei Cornea " ( ma, asta a tradus textul sau a rescris tratatul ?)
- " Idealul"salvarii fenomenelor" este, pentru Andrei Cornea, mult mai usor de legat de conceptele corelativitatii generarii si nimicirii" ( hei .. vorbim de un traducator ! A legat el conceptele sau Aristotel ?)

Si uite asa ma enervez si gasesc un mare pupic in c.. dat lui Andrei Cornea in public. People, get a room if u want to share something.
Uimirea mea este justificata probabil prin alaturarea unui traducator cu unul dintre cei mai mari filozofi ai umanitatii. Alaturare care, in viziunea autorului articolului, ii cam pune pe aceeasi treapta !

Inainte sa ma enervez ( iar) si sa trec la imprecatii am sa termin cu intrebarea preferata la Radio Zu saptamina trecuta : " Ba, esti prost ?"

Moartea ca arta de a trai: Gustav Mahler

La Viena, i-a fost strapunsa, la cererea sa expresa, inima lui Gustav Mahler, in dimineata zilei de vineri, 19 mai 1911. El murise in ajun si se temea sa nu fie ingropat de viu.

In memoriam- Stephane Audeguy

Moartea ca arta de a trai: Diogene

Dorea sa i se arunce cadavrul in primul sant intalnit. Si bineinteles ca n-a fost asa. I s-au facut funeralii fastuoase.

In memoriam- Stephane Audeguy

Moartea ca arta de a trai: Pitagora

In invataturile lui, sustinea ca omul nu moare, ci se reincarneaza neincetat in planta, in animal, in om, uitand insa toate acestea pe masura ce se transforma. Adauga ca, printr-o favoare a zeilor, el, Pitagora, isi amintea de toate mortile si toate vietile sale. Si Pitagora isi enumera trecerile in imparatia mortilor, vietile sale de animale si de plante. A trait astfel 270 ani sub forme diferite, apoi 82 ani ca Pitagora. Pe urma a murit.

In memoriam- Stephane Audeguy

Moartea ca arta de a trai: Giacomo Casanova

Casanova a murit cu piosenie intr-un pat, vegheat de un barbat si de-o catea, Finette, pe care o iubea mult.

In memoriam- Stephane Audeguy

What is Good Management ?

“ ‘Good management’ was the most powerful reason [leading firms] failed to stay atop their industries. Precisely because these firms listened to their customers, invested aggressively in technologies that would provide their customers more and better products of the sort they wanted, and because they carefully studied market trends and systematically allocated investment capital to innovations that promised the best returns, they lost their positions of leadership.”
Clayton Christensen, The Innovator’s Dilemma

Pesimist vs Optimist: BBC vs BBC

Elvetia, stat mic si fara iesire la mare, cu numai 7 milioane de locuitori, are PIB-ul egal cu cel al intregului continent african, pe care traiesc 726 milioane de oameni.
surse BBC

Un studiu efectuat in 2004 pentru reteaua BBC in zece state africane a reliefat faptul ca peste 90% din totalul africanilor sunt mandri de continentul lor. Un sondaj efectuat in 2003 de cercetatorii de la World Values Survey a constatat ca nigerienii sunt cei mai fericiti oameni din lume.
surse BBC