If we put a frog in a pot with boiling water, immediately it tries to escape. But, if we put that frog in room temperature water, and we don’t frighten it, it remains quite. When the temperature is changed from 21 to 26 degrees, the frog does nothing, and it even seems to be having fun. The more the temperature increases, the more stunned the frog is, and finally it cannot go out from the pot.
The frog stays in the pot and it is cooked, although nothing prevents it to exit from the pot. Why? Because its internal system to detect threats in order to survive is prepared for sudden changes in the environment, but not slow and gradual ones.
In The Fifth Discipline, of Peter Senge.
Seen in ¡Que paren las máquinas! (allí está en español).
Hace unos años había en TV3 un programa llamado Malalts de Tele, con una sección llamada Altres límits que ponía cortes de otros programas/cadenas bastante curiosos…
Después de un rato buscando en Youtube, he seleccionado estos dos vídeos que son el resumen de dos años. Sencillamente espectacular. No hace falta que sepáis catalán para entenderlo…
AVISO: Hay alguna parte no apta para estómagos sensibles… He avisado.
It is always a problem when you are in a foreign country where people speak a language which is not in your competences… Normally, you try to get people who speak some common language with you, normally English. Good. That occurs in Sweden every day, and life is fine.
But, what about the labels? They do not normally speak different languages. Most of them only speak Swedish, and you don’t understand Swedish… So, what do you do? Guess. You use your imagination, other languages you know, other swedish words in your memory, etc., to try to understand the meaning of the mentioned label (yes, I know a dictionary would be a faster solution, but it’s not the case).
Now, a fast use of my imagination links all the words and creates the following meaning for the label:
Lock Motor. Opening Cost = 2 SEK.
It has sense (if you don’t think about it too much), and it makes me be proud of these Swedes: they say how expensive is this trying to minimize the use of this motor… Wow.
But, another day I understood the real meaning and I checked it with a Swede… The “2 sek” part is not money, but time!! And tid means time… It couldn’t be so perfect as I imagined… It just says that it takes 2 seconds for the motor to unlock the door.
I really like the idea of the cost information.
Además de las fotos típicas del post anterior, los días en París también me permitieron hacer alguna foto curiosa.
Primero, estos mensajes paranoicos en todas las estaciones de metro a mí me intimidaban un poco. Piden que se avise ante cualquier bulto abandonado por la seguridad de todos.
Para todo lo demás… Mastercard.
Paco, Lola y Sara (entre otros) también estaban en París.
Todos los caminos conducen a…
