http://george.sudarkoff.com/2005/07/26/why-i-think-thinking-weeks-are-stupid/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:18:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://george.sudarkoff.com/2005/07/26/why-i-think-thinking-weeks-are-stupid/#comment-69 George Sudarkoff Tue, 06 Sep 2005 23:26:21 +0000 http://sudarkoff.wordpress.com/2005/07/26/why-i-think-thinking-weeks-are-stupid/#comment-69 Conversation, especially in a large team, is a lot like breathing—it has to be coordinated and it has to be going on all the time. When your body is under stress, breathing takes more time and energy, but it's barely noticeable when you're relaxed. That's not to say I don't agree with you, Michael. But if you cannot finish the race, it is silly to blame heavy panting. It is just an indication of either a poor health or a mismanagement. Conversation, especially in a large team, is a lot like breathing—it has to be coordinated and it has to be going on all the time. When your body is under stress, breathing takes more time and energy, but it’s barely noticeable when you’re relaxed.
That’s not to say I don’t agree with you, Michael. But if you cannot finish the race, it is silly to blame heavy panting. It is just an indication of either a poor health or a mismanagement.

]]> http://george.sudarkoff.com/2005/07/26/why-i-think-thinking-weeks-are-stupid/#comment-70 Michael Grant Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:51:03 +0000 http://sudarkoff.wordpress.com/2005/07/26/why-i-think-thinking-weeks-are-stupid/#comment-70 The problem with conversations, especially if there are more than two or three people involved in keeping them going, is that they tend to become their own raison d'etre and end up absorbing infinite amounts of the time we put into them.... The problem with conversations, especially if there are more than two or three people involved in keeping them going, is that they tend to become their own raison d’etre and end up absorbing infinite amounts of the time we put into them….

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