In the 1970’s the psychologist Irving Janis coined the term “group think” to explain why group pressure results in poor decisions, or, as he explained it, why groups show: A deterioration of mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgement That is a little more erudite than the way I would put it, but the phrase […]
Gob-Smackingly Good Analysis
I am English. If there is one thing I hate, really hate, it is the way that Americans, and more specifically Americans employed by Microsoft, mess with the English language. Whenever I type something it is a constant battle replacing z’s with s’s (as in realised) or pushing u’s back into colour and favour. Every […]
Are you Awake? Or Sleeping?
I didn’t sleep well last night, I tossed and turned, I kept looking at the alarm clock flashing away 11:45, 12:03, 01:42, 02:56, 03:37, 05:23 Blink, Blink, Blink I didn’t get a wink of sleep. Have you been there? The truth of the matter is that each time I woke and looked at the clock […]