Random links
- Why Most Financial Whistle-Blowers Go Unheard
- "most whistle-blowers’ stories are simply not heard. In the vast majority of cases, people who speak out suffer in silence, alone and unheard. ... Successful whistle-blowers are not those with the most shocking truths, but rather they are the ones who happen to tap into a current trend. Their stories match up with what the media are excited about, what the public are angry about, or what the politicians can use for political capital at that particular time."
- Messenger of the Gods
- On corruption in Canadian journalism: "The website Canadaland, which exposed Lang’s conflicts last week, found that other journalists at the broadcaster were furious, but too frightened to speak on the record. But after CBC tried to dismiss the scandal as 'half-truths based on anonymous sources', Kathy Tomlinson, the reporter who had broken the story about the bank, bravely spoke publicly to the website. The following morning, staff in her office arrived to find this message spelt out in magnets on their fridge. 'Jesse Brown snitches get stitches'. Jesse Brown is Canadaland’s founder." Jesse Brown is also the guy who was first to write about Jian Ghomeshi this fall.
- The Curse of Increasing Marginal Work Utility, or Why I Work So Much
- "You could compare the job of an academic to having a teaching and administration job and having research as a hobby. Except that the 'hobby' is the presumed core of the job as advertised, and the reason you applied for the job." Sounds pretty accurate.
- Crime and punishment: Islamic State vs Saudi Arabia
- How does US ally Saudi Arabia compare to the Islamic State? "The Islamic State (IS) and Saudi Arabia prescribe near-identical punishments for a host of crimes, according to documents circulated by the militant group."