Sunday, August 22, 2021

Sherpa: What is a Sherpa

a member of a Tibetan people living on the high southern slopes of the Himalayas in eastern Nepal. Known for providing support for foreign trekkers and mountain climbers. Sherpa is thus also used in UK English for someone who makes preparations for or assists a government representative or important delegate at a summit meeting or conference (eg the WTO or NATO high level meetings).

What type of work do 2021 Americans prefer

USA: 

46% of voters believe the ideal job is to be self-employed. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that another 21% would like to work for a small business.

Only fifteen percent (15%) think that working for a large corporation would be ideal while 9% would like a government job.

Fifty percent (50%) of men think self-employment is the best, 43% of women.

See a more detailed table of results at the webaddress: 

https://scottrasmussen.com/46-think-self-employment-is-the-ideal-job/


Saturday, August 21, 2021

Global systemics and dynamics in 2021

The last post on the npthinking blog was 5 years ago. Why back to blogging which became a fashion in the early 2000s? One reason is the community rules of social media apps Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. They discourage as one can expect disruptive ideas from being expressed. Remember Darwin? Remember Hypatia? Enemis of the local communities they lived in. 

2021 isn't marked only by Covid19. It's also marked by Artificial Intelligence and the strong Localization forces active for some years now.


Social Media Dynamics

 "“An hour with a wise person is worth more than one thousand books" says on his profile a Linkedin user in Australia. So what is he professionally marketing himself as on this global professional networking app? Linkedin exists since 2003 and was purchased by Microsoft in 2016.