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It is nuanced, but at least in large Systems Engineering orgs, Risk Management is typically a different thing entirely.
It entails documenting known risks, evaluating the likelihood and potential impacts, defining mitigating actions, tracking the closure of those actions and the resultant reduction in the likelihood of the risk manifesting.
This is both centralized and distributed. The specific SMEs provide most of this input/definition, but it is also useful to have a centralized understanding of all the system risks by someone with a system level purview.
I live in an apartment complex without charging infrastructure. Don’t want to drive to nearby charging station and wait/coordinate rides to and from. My place of work doesn’t have enough charging infrastructure to support demand.
I think maybe the focus and fine motor control needed to keep the ball within the lines…
As I’ve gotten older and have better uses for my time I find myself working a ~40hr week and checking out. Occasionally if I have a challenging problem that requires deep focus I’ll log on at night, but only because I like the satisfaction of “the grind” every now and then.
I desperately yearn for a meaning/purpose to serve as a source of internal motivation…
Up until now, the only thing that has been a “motivation” for me is a fear of failure, so that’s what I rely on to get anything done.
Why are these animal lives worth less than ours? Just because we are more “advanced”?
Killing animals for food is at least in line with the natural order (leaving aside factory farming). Running experiments like this is far beyond natural, and to me is quite bizarre and unethical.
The alternative seems more insane to me.
This will be a huge game changer when it occurs. Whether it be for deep fake videos, creating custom content, or making a new season of your favorite tv show that was cancelled too early. The possibilities are endless.
This is probably not in the near future (i.e. this year), but I doubt it is very far off.
I had never considered it before that, probably due to lack of understanding of what ADD/ADHD is (when I was growing up the stereotype was high energy kids bouncing off the walls and unable to sit still and focus in class, whereas I was low energy, introverted, and had always done well in school and work so it was never a thought).
I have come to realize that I am very self centered, but I can’t quite figure out why.
I tend to get very caught up and focused on what is going on in my life and never stop to think about others. It is more that the thought never occurs to me, as opposed to me consciously prioritizing myself over others.
My wife on the other hand is very thoughtful, always checking in on others to see how they are doing. I wish I could be more like that, but would require some external override (eg setting a reminder on my phone) instead of me organically deciding to do so.
I feel that it is ethically wrong to enslave and torture animals for humanities benefit. If that means that I will die from a disease that would have been prevented otherwise, I can accept that. I don’t feel it is right for me to impose suffering on another sentient being for my own incremental benefit.
I understand it from a purely utilitarian standpoint, but it doesn’t sit well with me ethically.
I wouldn’t want an advanced alien species to enslave and torture me at their own benefit.