Intelligence, capability and band width

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I've noticed in myself huge swings in my thinking ability...
when harassed, or under attack, tired or facing a system that
has been hashed up across many different platforms, and with
some proprietary technology I am not handy with

..... and... I have been given false data while under the gun
to sort the mess out... my mental capacity seems to get
absorbed in the dissonance and it takes a lot longer to arrive
at solutions.... I think its understandable... its also an
issue on the broader spectrum.


same in back stabbing corporate situations. generally,

I think such a mess absorbs a persons intellectual capacity
and greatly limits the quality of their production...

for example in school, a kid that comes from a family where
daddy runs dope and the mother screams at them all day,while
feeding them carbohydrates and sugar is simply not going to be
able to think or perform.



One person I talk to mentioned 'band width limits'...

From what I can tell in the US, with the barrage of government
demands on a person, all the licenses, permits, tax
obligations, and the need to be politically correct etc..
..and then more abuse from an employer... and his own stress
of living, a persons 'band width' can be more than maxed
out....leaving very little with which to operate... let alone
advance personally or help anyone else or an employer advance.



I saw 'Hells Kitchen' on the tube tonight... a survivor type
show featuring a chef and two teams of recent culinary school
graduates.. and competitive food service under mild pressure
..... a very interesting and revealing show. It was what I
would call very mild pressure, but it was way more than many
of the people could handle... you get to see all of the
rationalizations..

The incompetents floated to the top fast... many just went
limp.. or lied even when there was no hope of getting away
with it...


I see similar things in the companies I do work for... workers
gone numb...fumbling.. caved in...lying....throwing things
together with no hope that it will function.....just not at
home you might say... many of these have been that way for
their entire lives in many aspects..

I think much of the culture is decimating itself by these
means. ..our band widths are being exceeded...our companies
and governments are tending to grow past viable limits as the
cultural immune systems are failing..... in Texas they let
serial killers out of prison in more than a few cases,
repeatedly to kill again.. no rationale behind it... just 'we
let him go'.


I don't have the figures to hand.. but its something like 60%
of the US work force is on legal or illegal drugs or
alcohol... a good percentage see shrinks... 40% or so have a
nasty weight and blood sugar problem... 80% are not happily
married,,, 50% get divorced. ... a good percentage have
spouses or kids with those problems even if they do not...


so then I come along...no paragon of perfection myself... and
am shocked when such a work force screws something up....

probably I should be surprised that anything gets done at all,
and that management is not incarcerated.....somehow we muddle
through.

it takes a nasty toll though.

I think a person needs to find ways of stepping out of that
entire scene.


There is a web site I ran across years ago, put up by a
retired DuPont chemist, turned gambler and author of some best
selling gambling books... thats his background. I haven't
been to his web site in years.. it is a bit extreme and across
the line in more than a few aspects... maybe just to be
provocative.

He however has coined a few terms and concepts I found
interesting, useful and accurate... you might find them
interesting as well, along with a range of his concepts about
where this mess is headed.

www.neo-tech.com





Phil Scott
Ideas are bullet proof.


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