Large Heydon Colliderheydon
Aug 10, 2023, 11:33 AMFirst time I've said "The dinosaurs were blasted into orbit when the meteor struck, meaning they technically won the space race" as a motivational metaphor in an important client presentation.
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- Large Heydon ColliderheydonAug 10, 2023, 11:35 AM
Followed by "I believe you can achieve [this objective] and not, in this case, as the result of an extinction level event."
Nephinephiw@mastodon.acm.orgAug 10, 2023, 12:14 PM@heydon Well actually (hahaha) we are in the middle of an extinction-level event... so no matter what the objective is, it is probably part of that.
- Nephinephiw@mastodon.acm.orgAug 10, 2023, 12:16 PM
@heydon But this time, we are the meteor. Or is industrialization the meteor?
- Large Heydon ColliderheydonAug 10, 2023, 12:22 PM
@nephiw Capitalism!
- Nephinephiw@mastodon.acm.orgAug 10, 2023, 12:39 PM
@heydon I've seen your capitalism talk, I should have known. Hahaha. It's how I started following you on the socials.
- Large Heydon ColliderheydonAug 10, 2023, 4:30 PM
@nephiw Thank you for watching that. It was the hardest fucking talk to write. Took a lot out of me, tbqh. :blobcatkissheart:
Ángela Stella Matutinaangelastella@treehouse.systemsAug 10, 2023, 11:38 AMI thought you had to reach orbit in one piece? 🤔
Petey P. Twelvetastytronic@teh.entar.netAug 10, 2023, 4:03 PM@heydon winning isn't everything
James J Malcolmjamesjm@mastodon.socialAug 10, 2023, 4:07 PM@heydon and not the last time, right?
- Large Heydon ColliderheydonAug 10, 2023, 4:16 PM
@jamesjm I am quite fond of the analogy. Might make it to a conference talk.
- James J Malcolmjamesjm@mastodon.socialAug 10, 2023, 4:17 PM
@heydon “You’re a dinosaur (and that’s a good thing)”
- Large Heydon ColliderheydonAug 10, 2023, 4:19 PM
@jamesjm haha yeah, but also "you have luck and you have mortality, most of everything else is bullshit"
- James J Malcolmjamesjm@mastodon.socialAug 10, 2023, 4:24 PM
@heydon Una est fortuna et mors.