Artificial Intelligence & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Unless there is a new mind, there cannot be a new line. ~ William Carlos Williams ChatGPT is a free-to-use AI system. It is beneficial to automate tasks, gain knowledge, engage in conversations, and understand the potential of true AI. Presently AI is a misnomer. It is not artificial intelligence but
Jack Ma, Fortitude, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare Fortitude. The cardinal virtues of classical philosophy and Christian theology are prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. Aristotle stated that fortitude is the virtue of the man who, being confronted with a noble occasion of
Cup of Nurses Podcast: Tall Poppy Syndrome
Friends Piotr Findura and Matt Solarczyk are traveling ICU nurses who founded their blog site and podcast a few years ago. They are not your prototypical nurses most notably because of their gender and lack of anchors. They like to travel professionally and as a hobby. COVID and ICU nursing
Dead America Podcast - The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Ed Watters is the host of the Dead America Podcast. He is on the older side of the ledger as am I and from the Pacific Northwest. Watters is very mellow making conversation easy and lengthy. Some might say the podcast at 1 hour 2o minutes is a little long
Katalin Karikó, The Nobel Prize, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
"Those who can, do; those who cannot, tall poppy." Author A paper by Francis Crick and James Watson in Nature (1953) laid the groundwork for understanding DNA structure and functions. They, along with Maurice Wilkins, were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their
Jordan Peterson, Zebras, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome - Part 2
Lodging. Lodging (agriculture) is the permanent bending of the stems of grain crops such as wheat and barley from wind which makes harvesting difficult and reduces yield. The taller the head of grain, the more likely the lodging. For TPS purposes, the taller poppy (TP) is more conspicuous which increases
The Tall Poppy Syndrome
see the introduction by Mr. Stephenson
Jordan Peterson, Professional Licensing Agencies, & the Tall Poppy Syndrome - Part I
Tall trees catch much wind. Chinese Idiom Tall Poppies (TP) are not determined by a ballot box; it is very subjective. My TP may not be your TP. Government agencies, often three letters, cut down many people (The Tall Poppy Syndrome: The Joy of Cutting Others Down). Jordan Peterson is
Yevgeny Prigozhin Is Tall Poppied by Vladimir Putin
“Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.” Lavrentiy Beria, head of Joseph Stalin’s secret police In my book (The Tall Poppy Syndrome: The Joy of Cutting Others Down) and blog (Last But Not Least! Politics and The Tall Poppy Syndrome), I have detailed the sizeable
Livy, Tarquin the Proud, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
This is the second animation of this two-part series regarding the Roman Kingdoms. The first episode (see Rome's Founding, Familial Envy & The Tall Poppy Syndrome) involved twin brothers Romulus and Remus vying for leadership at the beginning of a new Rome and its First Kingdom in 753
