Ask Lemmy
A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions
Please don't post about US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion
Rules: (interactive)
1) Be nice and; have fun
Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them
2) All posts must end with a '?'
This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?
3) No spam
Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.
4) NSFW is okay, within reason
Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected].
NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].
5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions.
If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.
Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.
Partnered Communities:
Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu
view the rest of the comments
This hit me more than a decade ago but the realization that nobody really knows what they're doing. Most people wing it their entire lives.
This one, everyone is winging it, and hopefully you get enough smart people in a room together they can come up with a solution.
Cooperative smart people. (someone who works with a lot of uncooperative smart people, smarter than me at least)
Don't. I manage smart people. Divide the territory up. Getting them to work together at the edges. People are territorial, smart people are harder because they can give good reasons why they should get more territory. Everyone has their zone of control and everyone is happy.
Also reminder: it is almost always better to have someone in pissing out vs out and pissing in.
I was watching Peep Show recently and at one point Mark says "The world's just people walking around, going in to rooms and saying things." and that's the most succinct description of how the world works I think.
Most people know one or more VERY narrow subjects surprisingly well. Many are unaware they are above average skilled at it. Outside of that they are all winging it.