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...unding the idea) to make it right. This is one of the theories of action of the Saruman magic. If you believe the world should be a certain way, and you are surrounded by enough people who believe you are right, the world will be changed...
Saruman's aren't curious. They don't seek out disconfirming evidence. They have total confidence that they are right, why would they need to invalidate that?
The Saruman mindset sees itself as anti-authoritarian. But actually it's against others being authoritarian. The Saruman worldview is powered by the complete and...
Sarumans have a slight edge over Radagasts. We all love narratives with clear stories. The Radagast worldview is indirect; harder to distill into a story. Th...
Companies that primarily extract value are mercenaries. Saruman. Companies that primarily create value are missionaries. Radagast.
Saruman are about themselves. Radagasts are about others.
...f there's even a single transgression. Make sure they're always in fear. A very Saruman-style employment philosophy. I… don't love this approach.[dy]
The defining characteristic of the Saruman is selfishness. "I got mine, screw you." Not caring about the externalities is selfishness.
Saruman is a hedgehog. Radagast is a fox.
The synthesis of the Saruman and the Radagast is the Gandalf. It's extremely hard to keep the synthesis active in one person. It's convex. As you start getting pulled towards one...
Sarumans hate bureaucracy. But so do Radagasts. Although they're less likely to use the word "hate." Bureaucracy is about the status quo and downside capping...
The "reality-based community" is the Saruman worldview, in geopolitics and tech. The doers create the reality, and the thinkers have no choice but to follow along.
Saruman: "fall in line." Radagast: "fall in love."[q]
The Saruman is about egoistic achievement. The Radagast is about community achievement.
... in a public way that power can shatter in an instant. This is the logic of the Saruman.
...rce of emergence we interact with daily that operates on human time scales. The Saruman's and the Radagasts both are wizards that can shape the emergent social imaginary in ways that defy the understanding of muggles.
...the first order impacts than the second. Mercenary is more tightly aligned with Saruman. Missionary is more tightly aligned with Radagast.
...seech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." The Saruman's power comes from a complete and total absence of self doubt[ek].
... the parts. Apprehending is different to comprehending. " The left brain is the Saruman; the right brain is the Radagast. Claude's riff unpacking 'Apprehending vs comprehending': "Comprehending is the left hemisphere's mode - it's analyt...
The Saruman "killer instinct" is "willing to throw someone else under the bus if it benefits you." Thinking only of the first-order implications: how the action ...