#competence — Public Fediverse posts

I struggle in workplaces not because I’m incompetent, but because I’m too competent.

I’m a threat to people who don’t do the work.Still, everything’s going to be alright. I’m building something.I’ve had this feeling before.

The same one that took me from $2k to $100k in crypto. Last night I cashed a poker tournament and 111111 showed up in my chips.

A new journey. I’ll make it out alive. I always do. Let’s go.

#Workplace #Competence #NewJourney #Crypto #Poker

I struggle in workplaces not because I’m incompetent, but because I’m too competent.

I’m a threat to people who don’t do the work.Still, everything’s going to be alright. I’m building something.I’ve had this feeling before.

The same one that took me from $2k to $100k in crypto. Last night I cashed a poker tournament and 111111 showed up in my chips.

A new journey. I’ll make it out alive. I always do. Let’s go.

#Workplace #Competence #NewJourney #Crypto #Poker

I struggle in workplaces not because I’m incompetent, but because I’m too competent.

I’m a threat to people who don’t do the work.Still, everything’s going to be alright. I’m building something.I’ve had this feeling before.

The same one that took me from $2k to $100k in crypto. Last night I cashed a poker tournament and 111111 showed up in my chips.

A new journey. I’ll make it out alive. I always do. Let’s go.

#Workplace #Competence #NewJourney #Crypto #Poker

I struggle in workplaces not because I’m incompetent, but because I’m too competent.

I’m a threat to people who don’t do the work.Still, everything’s going to be alright. I’m building something.I’ve had this feeling before.

The same one that took me from $2k to $100k in crypto. Last night I cashed a poker tournament and 111111 showed up in my chips.

A new journey. I’ll make it out alive. I always do. Let’s go.

#Workplace #Competence #NewJourney #Crypto #Poker

According to a recent Forsa poll, there has been no change in the political polling leader in the past week. The AfD continues its impressive run in the weekly... https://news.osna.fm/?p=59961 | #news #afd #amid #competence #lead

According to a recent Forsa poll, there has been no change in the political polling leader in the past week. The AfD continues its impressive run in the weekly... https://news.osna.fm/?p=59961 | #news #afd #amid #competence #lead

According to a recent Forsa poll, there has been no change in the political polling leader in the past week. The AfD continues its impressive run in the weekly... https://news.osna.fm/?p=59961 | #news #afd #amid #competence #lead

The Sorcerer's Apprentice prefigures the perils of Modernity.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/sourcery-of-modernity
#philosophy #modernity #history #literature #writing #reading #blog #podcast #magic #disney #fantasia #competence

The Sorcerer's Apprentice prefigures the perils of Modernity.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/sourcery-of-modernity
#philosophy #modernity #history #literature #writing #reading #blog #podcast #magic #disney #fantasia #competence

The Sorcerer's Apprentice prefigures the perils of Modernity.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/sourcery-of-modernity
#philosophy #modernity #history #literature #writing #reading #blog #podcast #magic #disney #fantasia #competence

The Sorcerer's Apprentice prefigures the perils of Modernity.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/sourcery-of-modernity
#philosophy #modernity #history #literature #writing #reading #blog #podcast #magic #disney #fantasia #competence

The Sorcerer's Apprentice prefigures the perils of Modernity.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/sourcery-of-modernity
#philosophy #modernity #history #literature #writing #reading #blog #podcast #magic #disney #fantasia #competence

The Massachusetts Primary Election will be on September 1, 2026. Sen. Ed Markey, who at 80-years-old should have retired, is trying to get elected for another six years. His opponent in the Democratic Party primary election is Rep. Seth Moulton, a 47-year-old moderate:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/us/politics/ed-markey-senator-age.html
I often like progressives but it is time for a new generation of leadership.
#politics #competence #vote

The Massachusetts Primary Election will be on September 1, 2026. Sen. Ed Markey, who at 80-years-old should have retired, is trying to get elected for another six years. His opponent in the Democratic Party primary election is Rep. Seth Moulton, a 47-year-old moderate:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/us/politics/ed-markey-senator-age.html
I often like progressives but it is time for a new generation of leadership.
#politics #competence #vote

The Massachusetts Primary Election will be on September 1, 2026. Sen. Ed Markey, who at 80-years-old should have retired, is trying to get elected for another six years. His opponent in the Democratic Party primary election is Rep. Seth Moulton, a 47-year-old moderate:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/us/politics/ed-markey-senator-age.html
I often like progressives but it is time for a new generation of leadership.
#politics #competence #vote

The Massachusetts Primary Election will be on September 1, 2026. Sen. Ed Markey, who at 80-years-old should have retired, is trying to get elected for another six years. His opponent in the Democratic Party primary election is Rep. Seth Moulton, a 47-year-old moderate:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/us/politics/ed-markey-senator-age.html
I often like progressives but it is time for a new generation of leadership.
#politics #competence #vote

Competence is a state of controlled incompetence.
-- Ronald Epstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RonaldEpstein #Competence #Incompetence

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico

Competence is a state of controlled incompetence.
-- Ronald Epstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RonaldEpstein #Competence #Incompetence

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico

Competence is a state of controlled incompetence.
-- Ronald Epstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RonaldEpstein #Competence #Incompetence

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico

Competence is a state of controlled incompetence.
-- Ronald Epstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RonaldEpstein #Competence #Incompetence

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico

Competence is a state of controlled incompetence.
-- Ronald Epstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RonaldEpstein #Competence #Incompetence

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico

Competence warning to Renfe: it must allow Iryo to repair trains in its workshops

You might be interested in Holaluz: what happened to the ‘rooftop revolution’? BarcelonaCompetition has warned Renfe and established…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Seville #allow #competence #in #iryo #it #its #must #Renfe #repair #to #Trains #warning #workshops
https://www.europesays.com/spain/69330/

https://www.europesays.com/people/176575/ Hungary’s Energy Crisis Gives PM Magyar His First Major Competence Test #blackout #communication #competence #Crisis #CrisisManagement #draught #Electricity #EnergyCrisis #Fidesz #heatwave #household #Hungary #HungaryNews #import #NationalUnity #NuclearPlant #NuclearPowerPlant #Paks #PeterMagyar #TiszaParty #ViktorOrbán

DATE: July 31, 2026 at 07:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG

** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
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TITLE: People prefer psychotherapists with attractive faces, study finds

URL: https://www.psypost.org/people-prefer-psychotherapists-with-attractive-faces-study-finds/

A recent study asking participants to choose psychotherapists from a mockup of a professional therapist directory found that they are more likely to choose therapists with more attractive faces, even when trustworthiness and competence were controlled for. Profiles with unattractive faces and those with no profile pictures were equally likely to be chosen. The paper was published in Psychotherapy Research.

Selecting a psychotherapist is a complex but important decision influenced by multiple factors. It is rarely based on professional qualifications alone. People tend to also consider the therapist’s approach, cost, location, age, sex, clothing, and even physical appearance. These judgments typically begin before the first conversation, particularly when therapists are selected through online profiles containing little more than a photograph and a brief description.

Because faces attract attention and rapidly generate impressions, prospective clients may infer qualities such as competence, warmth, morality, and trustworthiness from facial features. Attractive therapists may benefit from a “beautiful is good” halo effect, in which a favorable judgment of appearance influences evaluations of unrelated professional qualities. Such first impressions may also shape how later information is interpreted, especially when people feel uncertain about whether an unfamiliar therapist will understand their problems.

Study author Antonio Olivera-La Rosa and his colleagues note that it appears that patients may use the psychotherapist’s facial appearance as a source of information to assess his/her suitability. This tendency to rely on facial cues may be particularly pronounced when selecting a psychotherapist from online directories. Study authors were particularly interested in finding out whether psychotherapists with attractive faces are more likely to be selected.

They also wanted to know how the likelihood of being chosen with an attractive face compares to the likelihood of being chosen when the profile does not have a profile picture. In other words, they wanted to know whether the effect of attractiveness is a preference for attractive faces or avoidance of unattractive ones. Finally, study authors examined whether clients’ and therapists’ sex and sexual preferences moderate the effects of facial attractiveness.

Participants were 108 university students from Colombia and Peru, from different study levels, recruited through internal emails and social networking. Their average age was 32 years. 63 of them were women. 14% of participants reported being currently in psychotherapy and 55% reported having undergone psychotherapy in the past.

Study authors selected 32 photos of faces from the 10k US Adult Faces Database. Half of the faces were female, half were male. The selected faces were either categorized as attractive or unattractive, in equal numbers. All faces displayed friendly expressions. All faces were chosen to signal average trustworthiness (thereby controlling any effects trustworthiness might have on participants’ decisions). Study authors conducted a small pilot study to assign ages to the faces.

Study authors used these photos to create a mockup of an online directory of psychotherapists. Each profile mockup featured one of the photos presented as a photo of a therapist, his/her name, professional role, sex, age, and a competence score operationalized as patients’ star ratings. There were also profiles without a profile picture. Profiles created in this way were used in the experiment.

At the start of the experiment, participants reported their demographic information and sexual preferences (“To what extent you’re sexually attracted to men”; “To what extent you’re sexually attracted to women”). Participants were then shown the profiles described above and asked to indicate how likely they were to choose each of the shown psychotherapists.

The psychotherapist profiles were divided based on competence (low-high number of stars) and attractiveness (attractive, unattractive, or without a profile picture). After rating all the profiles, participants completed an assessment of their attitude towards mental health treatment (the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Short Form Scale).

Results showed that psychotherapist profiles with attractive facial pictures were more likely to be chosen, even when their perceived competence (number of stars) was controlled for. There were no differences in the likelihood of being chosen between profiles with unattractive pictures and profiles with no profile pictures, indicating that the effect observed is a preference for attractive faces, not avoidance of unattractive ones. Neither the therapists’ nor the patients’ gender and sexual preferences moderated the observed effect.

“The findings suggest that the preference for attractiveness in therapist selection is not driven by mating intentions nor by a “halo effect” related to trustworthiness or competence,” study authors concluded.

The study contributes to the scientific understanding of the factors affecting clients’ choice of psychotherapists. However, it should be noted that the study relied on a hypothetical decision-making design rather than observing actual therapist selection. Furthermore, the sample primarily consisted of university students from Colombia and Peru, which may limit the generalizability of the findings.

Additionally, the participants were not actively seeking help for a mental health problem. Under these conditions, therapist competence or perceived ability to address a specific problem may have played a smaller role in participants’ choices. Results for individuals in real-life settings actively making final selections for a specific mental health or life problem might differ.

The paper, “Facial attractiveness increases the likelihood of choosing a psychotherapist, irrespective of sexual preferences and perceived trustworthiness,” was authored by Antonio Olivera-La Rosa, Alessandro Ansani, Marco Viola, and Marco Marini.

URL: https://www.psypost.org/people-prefer-psychotherapists-with-attractive-faces-study-finds/

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DATE: July 31, 2026 at 07:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG

** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
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TITLE: People prefer psychotherapists with attractive faces, study finds

URL: https://www.psypost.org/people-prefer-psychotherapists-with-attractive-faces-study-finds/

A recent study asking participants to choose psychotherapists from a mockup of a professional therapist directory found that they are more likely to choose therapists with more attractive faces, even when trustworthiness and competence were controlled for. Profiles with unattractive faces and those with no profile pictures were equally likely to be chosen. The paper was published in Psychotherapy Research.

Selecting a psychotherapist is a complex but important decision influenced by multiple factors. It is rarely based on professional qualifications alone. People tend to also consider the therapist’s approach, cost, location, age, sex, clothing, and even physical appearance. These judgments typically begin before the first conversation, particularly when therapists are selected through online profiles containing little more than a photograph and a brief description.

Because faces attract attention and rapidly generate impressions, prospective clients may infer qualities such as competence, warmth, morality, and trustworthiness from facial features. Attractive therapists may benefit from a “beautiful is good” halo effect, in which a favorable judgment of appearance influences evaluations of unrelated professional qualities. Such first impressions may also shape how later information is interpreted, especially when people feel uncertain about whether an unfamiliar therapist will understand their problems.

Study author Antonio Olivera-La Rosa and his colleagues note that it appears that patients may use the psychotherapist’s facial appearance as a source of information to assess his/her suitability. This tendency to rely on facial cues may be particularly pronounced when selecting a psychotherapist from online directories. Study authors were particularly interested in finding out whether psychotherapists with attractive faces are more likely to be selected.

They also wanted to know how the likelihood of being chosen with an attractive face compares to the likelihood of being chosen when the profile does not have a profile picture. In other words, they wanted to know whether the effect of attractiveness is a preference for attractive faces or avoidance of unattractive ones. Finally, study authors examined whether clients’ and therapists’ sex and sexual preferences moderate the effects of facial attractiveness.

Participants were 108 university students from Colombia and Peru, from different study levels, recruited through internal emails and social networking. Their average age was 32 years. 63 of them were women. 14% of participants reported being currently in psychotherapy and 55% reported having undergone psychotherapy in the past.

Study authors selected 32 photos of faces from the 10k US Adult Faces Database. Half of the faces were female, half were male. The selected faces were either categorized as attractive or unattractive, in equal numbers. All faces displayed friendly expressions. All faces were chosen to signal average trustworthiness (thereby controlling any effects trustworthiness might have on participants’ decisions). Study authors conducted a small pilot study to assign ages to the faces.

Study authors used these photos to create a mockup of an online directory of psychotherapists. Each profile mockup featured one of the photos presented as a photo of a therapist, his/her name, professional role, sex, age, and a competence score operationalized as patients’ star ratings. There were also profiles without a profile picture. Profiles created in this way were used in the experiment.

At the start of the experiment, participants reported their demographic information and sexual preferences (“To what extent you’re sexually attracted to men”; “To what extent you’re sexually attracted to women”). Participants were then shown the profiles described above and asked to indicate how likely they were to choose each of the shown psychotherapists.

The psychotherapist profiles were divided based on competence (low-high number of stars) and attractiveness (attractive, unattractive, or without a profile picture). After rating all the profiles, participants completed an assessment of their attitude towards mental health treatment (the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Short Form Scale).

Results showed that psychotherapist profiles with attractive facial pictures were more likely to be chosen, even when their perceived competence (number of stars) was controlled for. There were no differences in the likelihood of being chosen between profiles with unattractive pictures and profiles with no profile pictures, indicating that the effect observed is a preference for attractive faces, not avoidance of unattractive ones. Neither the therapists’ nor the patients’ gender and sexual preferences moderated the observed effect.

“The findings suggest that the preference for attractiveness in therapist selection is not driven by mating intentions nor by a “halo effect” related to trustworthiness or competence,” study authors concluded.

The study contributes to the scientific understanding of the factors affecting clients’ choice of psychotherapists. However, it should be noted that the study relied on a hypothetical decision-making design rather than observing actual therapist selection. Furthermore, the sample primarily consisted of university students from Colombia and Peru, which may limit the generalizability of the findings.

Additionally, the participants were not actively seeking help for a mental health problem. Under these conditions, therapist competence or perceived ability to address a specific problem may have played a smaller role in participants’ choices. Results for individuals in real-life settings actively making final selections for a specific mental health or life problem might differ.

The paper, “Facial attractiveness increases the likelihood of choosing a psychotherapist, irrespective of sexual preferences and perceived trustworthiness,” was authored by Antonio Olivera-La Rosa, Alessandro Ansani, Marco Viola, and Marco Marini.

URL: https://www.psypost.org/people-prefer-psychotherapists-with-attractive-faces-study-finds/

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DATE: July 31, 2026 at 07:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG

** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------

TITLE: People prefer psychotherapists with attractive faces, study finds

URL: https://www.psypost.org/people-prefer-psychotherapists-with-attractive-faces-study-finds/

A recent study asking participants to choose psychotherapists from a mockup of a professional therapist directory found that they are more likely to choose therapists with more attractive faces, even when trustworthiness and competence were controlled for. Profiles with unattractive faces and those with no profile pictures were equally likely to be chosen. The paper was published in Psychotherapy Research.

Selecting a psychotherapist is a complex but important decision influenced by multiple factors. It is rarely based on professional qualifications alone. People tend to also consider the therapist’s approach, cost, location, age, sex, clothing, and even physical appearance. These judgments typically begin before the first conversation, particularly when therapists are selected through online profiles containing little more than a photograph and a brief description.

Because faces attract attention and rapidly generate impressions, prospective clients may infer qualities such as competence, warmth, morality, and trustworthiness from facial features. Attractive therapists may benefit from a “beautiful is good” halo effect, in which a favorable judgment of appearance influences evaluations of unrelated professional qualities. Such first impressions may also shape how later information is interpreted, especially when people feel uncertain about whether an unfamiliar therapist will understand their problems.

Study author Antonio Olivera-La Rosa and his colleagues note that it appears that patients may use the psychotherapist’s facial appearance as a source of information to assess his/her suitability. This tendency to rely on facial cues may be particularly pronounced when selecting a psychotherapist from online directories. Study authors were particularly interested in finding out whether psychotherapists with attractive faces are more likely to be selected.

They also wanted to know how the likelihood of being chosen with an attractive face compares to the likelihood of being chosen when the profile does not have a profile picture. In other words, they wanted to know whether the effect of attractiveness is a preference for attractive faces or avoidance of unattractive ones. Finally, study authors examined whether clients’ and therapists’ sex and sexual preferences moderate the effects of facial attractiveness.

Participants were 108 university students from Colombia and Peru, from different study levels, recruited through internal emails and social networking. Their average age was 32 years. 63 of them were women. 14% of participants reported being currently in psychotherapy and 55% reported having undergone psychotherapy in the past.

Study authors selected 32 photos of faces from the 10k US Adult Faces Database. Half of the faces were female, half were male. The selected faces were either categorized as attractive or unattractive, in equal numbers. All faces displayed friendly expressions. All faces were chosen to signal average trustworthiness (thereby controlling any effects trustworthiness might have on participants’ decisions). Study authors conducted a small pilot study to assign ages to the faces.

Study authors used these photos to create a mockup of an online directory of psychotherapists. Each profile mockup featured one of the photos presented as a photo of a therapist, his/her name, professional role, sex, age, and a competence score operationalized as patients’ star ratings. There were also profiles without a profile picture. Profiles created in this way were used in the experiment.

At the start of the experiment, participants reported their demographic information and sexual preferences (“To what extent you’re sexually attracted to men”; “To what extent you’re sexually attracted to women”). Participants were then shown the profiles described above and asked to indicate how likely they were to choose each of the shown psychotherapists.

The psychotherapist profiles were divided based on competence (low-high number of stars) and attractiveness (attractive, unattractive, or without a profile picture). After rating all the profiles, participants completed an assessment of their attitude towards mental health treatment (the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Short Form Scale).

Results showed that psychotherapist profiles with attractive facial pictures were more likely to be chosen, even when their perceived competence (number of stars) was controlled for. There were no differences in the likelihood of being chosen between profiles with unattractive pictures and profiles with no profile pictures, indicating that the effect observed is a preference for attractive faces, not avoidance of unattractive ones. Neither the therapists’ nor the patients’ gender and sexual preferences moderated the observed effect.

“The findings suggest that the preference for attractiveness in therapist selection is not driven by mating intentions nor by a “halo effect” related to trustworthiness or competence,” study authors concluded.

The study contributes to the scientific understanding of the factors affecting clients’ choice of psychotherapists. However, it should be noted that the study relied on a hypothetical decision-making design rather than observing actual therapist selection. Furthermore, the sample primarily consisted of university students from Colombia and Peru, which may limit the generalizability of the findings.

Additionally, the participants were not actively seeking help for a mental health problem. Under these conditions, therapist competence or perceived ability to address a specific problem may have played a smaller role in participants’ choices. Results for individuals in real-life settings actively making final selections for a specific mental health or life problem might differ.

The paper, “Facial attractiveness increases the likelihood of choosing a psychotherapist, irrespective of sexual preferences and perceived trustworthiness,” was authored by Antonio Olivera-La Rosa, Alessandro Ansani, Marco Viola, and Marco Marini.

URL: https://www.psypost.org/people-prefer-psychotherapists-with-attractive-faces-study-finds/

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The AfD continues to expand its leading position in the party rankings. According to a recent Forsa survey for RTL/ntv's "Trendbarometer," the AfD gained one pe... https://news.osna.fm/?p=57111 | #news #afd #competence #overtakes #perceived

The AfD continues to expand its leading position in the party rankings. According to a recent Forsa survey for RTL/ntv's "Trendbarometer," the AfD gained one pe... https://news.osna.fm/?p=57111 | #news #afd #competence #overtakes #perceived

The AfD continues to expand its leading position in the party rankings. According to a recent Forsa survey for RTL/ntv's "Trendbarometer," the AfD gained one pe... https://news.osna.fm/?p=57111 | #news #afd #competence #overtakes #perceived

Kirkland Radskiwadski: "There needs to be more coverage of how incompetent and mentally deranged Donald Trump is, instead of covering him as if anything he says is meaningful for anything besides market manipulation."
#UnreliableSource #media #competence

Kirkland Radskiwadski: "There needs to be more coverage of how incompetent and mentally deranged Donald Trump is, instead of covering him as if anything he says is meaningful for anything besides market manipulation."
#UnreliableSource #media #competence

Kirkland Radskiwadski: "There needs to be more coverage of how incompetent and mentally deranged Donald Trump is, instead of covering him as if anything he says is meaningful for anything besides market manipulation."
#UnreliableSource #media #competence

Kirkland Radskiwadski: "There needs to be more coverage of how incompetent and mentally deranged Donald Trump is, instead of covering him as if anything he says is meaningful for anything besides market manipulation."
#UnreliableSource #media #competence

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is claiming the top spot in the party rankings, according to a poll measuring voter preference by Forsa. The weekly survey con... https://news.osna.fm/?p=56244 | #news #afd #amid #competence #distrust

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is claiming the top spot in the party rankings, according to a poll measuring voter preference by Forsa. The weekly survey con... https://news.osna.fm/?p=56244 | #news #afd #amid #competence #distrust

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is claiming the top spot in the party rankings, according to a poll measuring voter preference by Forsa. The weekly survey con... https://news.osna.fm/?p=56244 | #news #afd #amid #competence #distrust

A new study by the Institute of German Economy (IW Köln) reveals that public administration in Germany is falling behind in developing capabilities related to A... https://news.osna.fm/?p=55407 | #news #administration #ai #competence #digital

A new study by the Institute of German Economy (IW Köln) reveals that public administration in Germany is falling behind in developing capabilities related to A... https://news.osna.fm/?p=55407 | #news #administration #ai #competence #digital

A new study by the Institute of German Economy (IW Köln) reveals that public administration in Germany is falling behind in developing capabilities related to A... https://news.osna.fm/?p=55407 | #news #administration #ai #competence #digital

A new study by the Institute of German Economy (IW Köln) reveals that public administration in Germany is falling behind in developing capabilities related to A... https://news.osna.fm/?p=55407 | #news #administration #ai #competence #digital

A new study by the Institute of German Economy (IW Köln) reveals that public administration in Germany is falling behind in developing capabilities related to A... https://news.osna.fm/?p=55407 | #news #administration #ai #competence #digital

Happiness expert explains why ‘imposter syndrome’ is a good thing and how to lean into it

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/arthur-brooks-lean-into-imposter-syndrome-ex1/

Happiness expert explains why ‘imposter syndrome’ is a good thing and how to lean into it

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/arthur-brooks-lean-into-imposter-syndrome-ex1/

Happiness expert explains why ‘imposter syndrome’ is a good thing and how to lean into it

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/arthur-brooks-lean-into-imposter-syndrome-ex1/

Happiness expert explains why ‘imposter syndrome’ is a good thing and how to lean into it

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/arthur-brooks-lean-into-imposter-syndrome-ex1/

One historian's book was found to be so far from being accurate that after a university’s peer review panel examined what she published, Kerri Greenidge no longer works at Tufts University:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/books/kerri-greenidge-the-grimkes.html
Her book is no longer being sold by its publisher.
They could have sold it as fiction, instead of as history.
#history #scholarship #competence

One historian's book was found to be so far from being accurate that after a university’s peer review panel examined what she published, Kerri Greenidge no longer works at Tufts University:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/books/kerri-greenidge-the-grimkes.html
Her book is no longer being sold by its publisher.
They could have sold it as fiction, instead of as history.
#history #scholarship #competence

One historian's book was found to be so far from being accurate that after a university’s peer review panel examined what she published, Kerri Greenidge no longer works at Tufts University:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/books/kerri-greenidge-the-grimkes.html
Her book is no longer being sold by its publisher.
They could have sold it as fiction, instead of as history.
#history #scholarship #competence

One historian's book was found to be so far from being accurate that after a university’s peer review panel examined what she published, Kerri Greenidge no longer works at Tufts University:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/books/kerri-greenidge-the-grimkes.html
Her book is no longer being sold by its publisher.
They could have sold it as fiction, instead of as history.
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The Myth of Character

I’m a pretty good judge of character. My profession as a theatre director trained me to understand a character in a play’s dramatis personae from reading a script. I hear you. That’s life on the stage. That’s make believe.

Here’s the secret. No character on a stage ever appeared for the first time in a play. They debuted in life and someone described them in words and brought them to theatrical life. Playwrights don’t create characters out of whole cloth. They, like poets and writers before them, write characters as they have experienced them in the real world, or borrow them from those that have written them before. We are a decidedly unoriginal species.

If you live long enough and pay attention to the world, you develop the same skills as writers and theatre directors. You quickly come to realize that there are indeed a limited number of character types around us and they are easily identifiable. There are apparently a finite number of molds we’re baked in.

Hell, dogs recognize good and bad characters much like humans. Often faster. So do children, but something happens as we mature that dulls that instinct.

Writers for the page, stage and cinema people their stories with recognizable types, not for lack of trying, but as recognition that we don’t really change that much through the ages. In the theatre trade we call these easily identifiable types “stock characters.” Stock, as in picking them down off of a shelf.

Aristophanes and Theophrastus for the Greeks, and Plautus for the Romans get most of the credit for this. Although most consider Plautus to have simply borrowed the concept. Later, Commedia dell’Arte became famous for its stock characters, and also the masks created for them. The humans behind the masks became less important to the story than the costume. That should tell you something.

Supposedly the first time the term “stock character” appeared in the English language was in the 1860’s. Other cultures had and have their own versions of stock characters. Asian and African forms of storytelling also developed their own easily recognizable familiar characters.

When it comes to literature and entertainment there haven’t been that many new characters recreated from life’s observances since antiquity. “Good” characters have a flaw or two or three. So do the “bad.” That’s what makes them human. Even the dramas written in the days of multiple gods featured those beings as flawed. Without flaws there is no conflict, no drama, no comedy.

In today’s highly charged political atmosphere, with villains currently holding winning hands here and abroad, looking for perfect characters to defeat them is a fool’s errand. And yes, there are more than plenty who fit the character mold of fool.

When a person creates a role behind a mask representing good character or one on a path of redemption, that’s an age old character trait also. Those characters always get their comeuppance in the end when the flaws are exposed. It’s only recently in the history of literature that we’ve forced happy endings that include the irredemable into the mix. It’s a sad and unfunny joke that people keep trying the trick. Audiences, like dogs, sniff it out.

When someone says a man or woman is of good character it doesn’t mean they’re perfect, pristine, or pure. We might like it to, but that’s wish casting. Flaws will always emerge. Otherwise the story generally sucks.

I wish we’d stop looking for those mythical creatures and recognize that the good and bad ones that populate our real life off the stage are just copying what came before and mirroring the life most of us lead.

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