“DCI GOSWAMI: Well, yes, you've... got a few things wrong. But you got a lot of things right. And you just feel bad because you're smart. Smart people worry more about their mistakes. I know it's hard. But you'll learn faster. Trust me.

- DCI GOSWAMI: Well, yes, you've... got a few things wrong. But you got a lot of things right. And you just feel bad because you're smart. Smart people worry more about their mistakes. I know it's hard. But you'll learn faster. Trust me.

 

"― Professor T - "

Overboard

Season 4 Episode 1

“PROFESSOR T: 
... Feel sorry for these people here?
These other people are to blame.
Thus, empathy is twisted into hatred ...

... Empathetic reactivity can lead to anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts. What we need is something colder, harder. Something that is actually useful. Compassion.

Kind, caring.
The schemata that scramble the warning signals.
STUDENT 4: Empathetic?
Ah, empathy, so easily manipulated.
We see this so often on the world stage.
Feel sorry for these people here?
These other people are to blame.
Thus, empathy is twisted into hatred.
...

Thoughts about...

Your cloud survived everything except the real world

OPINION

War damage, air traffic chaos, and a storage shortage expose the cost of treating resilience as someone else's problem

Rupert
Goodwins
  Register columnist

...

“Printers are like that,'I say. 'It's in their nature. They print when you don't need anything. And when you really need something printed out, the ink cartridge is empty or there's a sheet of paper jammed inside, the printer tells you it's lost its internet connection or that it doesn't recognise the computer you're trying to print from If you ask me, the whole idea of a digital, paperless future is down to the fact that printers have driven so many people to despair and insanity. Paper is a good thing; it's beautiful. There's nothing wrong with paper: it feels pleasant in your hand and it's the best way to read something. The only problem is getting those little black marks onto the surface of the paper in the first place. Even with all the modern technology at our disposal it's all but impossible. I suspect - no, I'm absolutely convinced - that the printer companies and the anti depressant manufacturers of this world are in cahoots.'

'All morning.' says Hari, now almost with tears in his eyes. 'It just won.'...

'I know,' I say, and we share a brief moment of silence. We look each other in the eye