Academic/research lab time-management tip: if anyone asks you to chair a committee, always ask if you can run the committee in any way you see fit. "uh, sure, I guess?"
"Great, I am disbanding this committee; it no longer exists."
I have eliminated multiple unnecessary committees this way.
Dec 18, 2023, 10:33 PM@dan a vote for Dan is a vote for anarchy!
@infinimatt @dev @dan unrelated, but DJ Danarchy is the music creator of the Knowledge Fight theme song. @djdanarchy
Dec 18, 2023, 10:33 PM@dan the hero we need. I wonder if this would work for teams in tech companies.
@dan This reminds me of the NZ Legislative Council "suicide squad" which was appointed to vote itself out of existence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_squad_(New_Zealand)
Dec 18, 2023, 11:14 PM@dan i like the underlying assumption here of "if they're asking me to chair it it must be a useless committee".