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Linked – The Plan To Sunset Section 230 Is About A Rogue Congress Taking The Internet Hostage If It Doesn’t Get Its Way
ByMike McBride May 24, 2024May 23, 2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes

How many companies that provide hosting or build platforms for other people to communicate can’t afford to defend themselves every time someone posts something that results in litigation? Many will be forced to shut down due to the risk. Many will be targeted specifically in the hope that they will have to shut down.

When that happens, more and more voices will be silenced online. Only the rich can afford to build their platforms and keep lawyers around to defend themselves. Google and Meta will be OK. The rest of us will no longer have any outlets for ourselves. Our opportunities to communicate online with each other will be limited to what Big Tech says we can do.

It’s hard not to assume that is the goal, though.

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Career

Linked – What Companies Get Wrong About Skills-Based Hiring
ByMike McBride May 22, 2024May 22, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Most hiring managers have a short-term problem. They have work that needs to be done and not enough bodies to do that work. The easiest thing to do is hire another body just like the ones they have working for them. Many of them may understand the benefits of having a diverse team regarding broader life experiences with different voices and ideas, but that’s a long-term benefit. It’s not solving their short-term problem. Hiring another member of the team is a short-term solution.

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Training

Linked – How to Make L&D Easier for Managers
ByMike McBride May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 Reading Time: 1 minute

This should be obvious, but I suspect it isn’t.

Managers play a vital role in fostering a culture of continuous learning within their teams.

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Microsoft

Microsoft’s Previous Commitments On Emissions Took a Back Seat to AI
ByMike McBride May 16, 2024May 16, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

In 2020, Microsoft promised to be at negative carbon emissions as a company in ten years. Instead, they have increased emissions by almost 30% since then. They promise they’ll be there in 2030, but that seems like wishful thinking.

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Career | Mental Health

Employees Are Using AI Tools To Learn and to Help with Burnout
ByMike McBride May 9, 2024May 8, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

If you were burned out, overworked, and struggling to keep up with the demands of the job, and a tool promised to save you 30 minutes or more to get your work done, you’d figure out how to use it, too.

Of course, most of them are trying to use these tools without training and instruction from the company, so this is risky. One, because you have no idea what they are doing and what results they’re getting. Two, they might become even more burned out trying to teach themselves before they get to the part where it helps them save time.

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SocialNetworking

Linked – How I Learned to Love Newsletters
ByMike McBride May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

As the author says, algorithms aren’t working to keep us well informed. RSS can work, but it takes some effort on our part and the availability of an RSS feed from the site we want to follow. An email newsletter shows up.

I might not love email, but I can’t argue with that.

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