Belonging to multiple social worlds is a good way to defend against no longer being good at what you used to be. Diverse values and social groups help.
Self handicapping explains a lot about the world. You study late for a maths test - so you can fail for lack of trying, not aptitude. Ecosystems (e.g. sports teams) mitigate self-handicapping.
You don't have to be good in athletics to get the benefits. A slow runner gets the same discipline, pumping up, etc that a fast runner does
Mono cultures are good to accomplish a known mission. Diversity is good to pivot during uncertainty. So, localize mono cultures
Diversity helps only if there are sufficient numbers, or if they have enough power to change the organization's thinking.
Use a standardized password strategy, e.g. use the month like GramNov2024 (via Namit)
Cloudflare R2 has the same API as S3 but is cheaper #cloud
Prefect.io is a good alternative to Airflow / cron. Can use for synchronisation tasks, e.g. Drive to server. But no Auth, UI params or config. #future