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December 15, 2025

Why Men Have so Few Friends

This article "Wenn Männer gemeinsam schweigen" (Why Men have so Few Friends) appeared in the Sunday edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper on October 5th. The author reports that he and his best friend met to talk about friendship, and appear in the photo sipping their beers. They even recorded some of their conversation to use in the article. As I read it, I wondered if all Germans are so deathlessly analytical.

December 12, 2025

A Problem with Truth-2

This "Kompromiss" article by Professor Nils Goldschmidt interested me enough that I decided to do as second post on it. For one thing, he posits the compromise solution to organizational problems so negatively, it is effectively a lose-lose solution. He describes it as a "Dilemmata", the plural form of the English word "dilemma", effectively a confluence of problems that blocks the flow of progress. I needed the help of AI Overview to help me study "Dilemmata" with a fresh eye. The AI Overview definition confirms its negative context.

December 09, 2025

A Problem with Truth

This article "Kompromiss" appeared in the business section of the Sunday Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper on November 16th. For an article that discusses the virtues, philosophy, and practice of compromising, when disagreements in an organization threaten to block forward movement, the author Professor Nils Goldschmidt approaches the subject obliquely and cryptically: "We have a problem with the truth, when the 'truth' is too sure of itself."

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