Thanks for the shout-out to "Miraculous to Mundane!" I enjoyed your banking story. My similar one was that in 1978, I was working in Radford, Virginia, 200 miles west of my hometown of Petersburg. Banks were still highly localized institutions. With much fanfare, a few years earlier, a bunch of banks around Virginia had merged to form United Virginia Bank. They had branches in both Petersburg and Radford, so I opened an account in Petersburg so I could do my banking in both towns with one account. Soon thereafter, I took my paycheck over to the Radford branch, only to be told that they couldn't deposit it or cash it. The systems in different branches were not at all integrated. So, I had to open a separate account in Radford, thereby defeating the whole purpose of choosing United Virginia Bank. (And that was at a moment in my life when my cash reserves were low enough that keeping one account liquid or solvent was a challenge. Two was a nightmare.)
P.S. Since signing on to Substack, I, too find it agonizing to deal with other publishers. The adrenaline rush of writing a piece and then hitting PUBLISH while still wearing pajamas is really addictive. But, I appreciate the other publications, so I'll continue submitting pieces to them. Recently, I was a guest columnist on another Substack. On Day 1, the article brought me over 100 new subscribers. Within a day or so, an email from Substack said the piece had already received around 34,000 views. So I'll just tell my adrenaline to calm down and mind its own business.
Publishing the article after the bot version is like IPCC publishing summary for decisionmakers half a year before the report can be checked.
Interesting link on plastic roads. Surprising I never heard of this before; will be sharing.
Why 'liberal' kids are more depressed than 'conservative': Systemic Constellations (https://isca-network.org/ ) give a wider perspective of relations between generations. 'I might be wrong' is not wrong in the empathy/strength analysis, but not the whole story. For the future I am concerned about parents more looking on their cell phones and less in the eyes of their small children, thereby less developing the mirror neurons necessary for empathy. - After being a 'student 68' I think Conservatism belongs to the years around 10, conservative=selfish. Liberalism belongs to the years around 15, testing limits without falling out. Socialism belongs to the 20's, realizing that we are all in this together. Would be interesting to see if 30-50 year olds are more depressed/frustrated if they are 'conservative'; implying the hypothesis that 'liberal' kids are depressed not to live in their 'ideological age', and possibly the same for 'conservative' adults.
Thanks for the shout-out to "Miraculous to Mundane!" I enjoyed your banking story. My similar one was that in 1978, I was working in Radford, Virginia, 200 miles west of my hometown of Petersburg. Banks were still highly localized institutions. With much fanfare, a few years earlier, a bunch of banks around Virginia had merged to form United Virginia Bank. They had branches in both Petersburg and Radford, so I opened an account in Petersburg so I could do my banking in both towns with one account. Soon thereafter, I took my paycheck over to the Radford branch, only to be told that they couldn't deposit it or cash it. The systems in different branches were not at all integrated. So, I had to open a separate account in Radford, thereby defeating the whole purpose of choosing United Virginia Bank. (And that was at a moment in my life when my cash reserves were low enough that keeping one account liquid or solvent was a challenge. Two was a nightmare.)
P.S. Since signing on to Substack, I, too find it agonizing to deal with other publishers. The adrenaline rush of writing a piece and then hitting PUBLISH while still wearing pajamas is really addictive. But, I appreciate the other publications, so I'll continue submitting pieces to them. Recently, I was a guest columnist on another Substack. On Day 1, the article brought me over 100 new subscribers. Within a day or so, an email from Substack said the piece had already received around 34,000 views. So I'll just tell my adrenaline to calm down and mind its own business.
Publishing the article after the bot version is like IPCC publishing summary for decisionmakers half a year before the report can be checked.
Interesting link on plastic roads. Surprising I never heard of this before; will be sharing.
Why 'liberal' kids are more depressed than 'conservative': Systemic Constellations (https://isca-network.org/ ) give a wider perspective of relations between generations. 'I might be wrong' is not wrong in the empathy/strength analysis, but not the whole story. For the future I am concerned about parents more looking on their cell phones and less in the eyes of their small children, thereby less developing the mirror neurons necessary for empathy. - After being a 'student 68' I think Conservatism belongs to the years around 10, conservative=selfish. Liberalism belongs to the years around 15, testing limits without falling out. Socialism belongs to the 20's, realizing that we are all in this together. Would be interesting to see if 30-50 year olds are more depressed/frustrated if they are 'conservative'; implying the hypothesis that 'liberal' kids are depressed not to live in their 'ideological age', and possibly the same for 'conservative' adults.