多事之週

呢個星期真係驚喜多羅羅

  • 德文result出爐,86%! 可以claim返CEF HK$8,000+學費啦
  • 新MT同事加入團隊,唔得閒理佢
  • project第一次同高層匯報,比預期更順利!lucky
  • 考核debrief,咁多pass到真係好險。好耐冇去鰂魚涌。
  • Homeland 睇完第一個season。真係唔相信 Damian Lewis係英國人!佢 d accent真係好美國
  • 一直track住Biden vs Trump (雖然我冇得投票、又唔係我嘅國家)
  • covid-19 驚魂,冇咗味覺!牙膏、辣椒醬、連我最鍾意嘅脆香雞翼 都冇味。做咗採鼻 and 深喉唾液測試。最終虛驚一場!
  • 左邊耳仔又塞,係我自己多手 >.>
  • 所以我突然冇咗味覺、弱咗嘅嗅覺,一半嘅聽覺。人要到咗失去先會珍惜。。
  • taxi係高速公路突然死火,馬死落地行,直接行返屋企。(見架車越來越慢,本來以為個司機暈咗/訓著咗!)
  • 第一次virtual地上training(係大家都係現場,得我一個係屋企!)。又work 播🤣 好搞笑。

The Myth of the Rational Voter

這週異常地eventful,as if 自己還年輕,其實非常累。=_=
週二 – 跟新同事welcome lunch,晚上跟中學同學dinner談談婚禮細節。
週四 – 父親生日,大閘蟹宴,好多人!
週五 – senior leader chat 談 digital transformation,晚上到了Kerry Hotel 的dockyard與好友暢談大江南北4小時,有養份得很。
週六 – bb第一次去幼稚園面試,面試後去跟家人一齊吃Dan Ryan’s分享面試點滴。晚上去了試菜,原來是buffet,早知就留肚!還是很盡責地報告上仔細的comments。
週日 跟好朋友飲茶 x 大閘蟹 (again)受到星級招呼 XD,晚上吃火鍋,b做了會員。

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一直都keep my hands off politics ,但美國大選當前,今天搭車有點空餘時間就快閱了一個blink summary。

Democracy is based on the miracle of aggregation. Extreme points will cancel out each other. However, it only works if opinions vary in all directions. If people are given biased information (common misconceptions and widespread biases – e.g. mistrust of the free market, confusion of the benefits of foreign trade, caring too much about preserving jobs), this principle doesn’t stand a chance.

People also don’t vote selfishly for their self-interest – but rather are motivated by emotional beliefs, party preferences or opinions on what’s best in general, e.g. to express their patriotism, their compassion or their devotion to the environment.

Voters also won’t behave rationally because their individual vote will not change anything (e.g. threat of personal harm / danger). Given voters have very little influence over the outcome of any given election, they would rather stick to their own biases or emotions.

Voting system doesn’t work because it is based on the assumption that rational voters will make good, informed decisions. Voters hold biased view on economic issues, tends to be uninformed and will vote with their emotions rater than with their minds.





(其實今年to date 只是看了兩本書,Homo Deus The Ride of a Lifetime XD。希望在年底前可以把Loonshots 也看完吧。)

Entropy, Evolution, Laws of Physics

所有事情都可以用以上三個學問來解釋。這樣人就會放鬆一點,humbled一點了。

簡單來說,動物是為了生存(進食)和繁殖 (evolution)。生存就要錢(如果你是原始人就直接hunt/gather覓食 ),所以人就必須勞動,放在社會的不同崗位令社會正常運行 (vs entropy)。人的行為其實很愚蠢 (shape by DNA、成長經歷、外來環境),所以歷史才會不斷重複。

但無論人有多麼的強大,也必須對地球抱著謙卑的心,因為無論如何,我們也不能扭轉自然物理法則 (laws of physics/nature)。

食buffet笑話一則

有幸與b一齊被邀請試菜。

菜單上有Impossible Meatballs,好前衛。食咗味道也不錯。

菜單上之後又見到Roasted Chicken,於是就問問店長。

我:「請問呢個roasted chicken係咩部分?」

店長:「係齋。」

我 & b:「吓!!又係齋?!」

眼都突,又係齋!?!雞都係素?!

店長(滴汗):「係 THIGH,係雞髀….」

笑死咗。口罩下,都係咩都聽唔清 XDD