The author reflects on a lesson learned during their early career at American Airlines, emphasizing the paramount importance of passenger safety over profits. They contrast this with experiences in the finance sector, highlighting a lack of integrity. The piece ultimately warns that the safety concerns surrounding Artificial Intelligence could pose an existential risk to humanity.
Category Archives: Integrity
The Influencer Army
Influencers might be nice guys, but are they leaders? Back before COVID, I was on my way to meet a friend at a hotel in New York City. I came up from the subway on 57th Street and got disoriented, so I simply announced in a loud voice: “Can anyone point me toward the such-and-suchContinue reading “The Influencer Army”
How to give me a negative reference on LinkedIn
By: Brooke Allen (you will find my LinkedIn profile here.) Be aware that on LinkedIn you cannot give me a negative reference unless I approve it. This is bad news because if it is impossible for you to say something negative, then the positive things I might allow you to say must be taken with aContinue reading “How to give me a negative reference on LinkedIn”
You do not need permission to do the right thing. No one can give you permission to do the wrong thing.
I went to college in 1970. By 1974 I had a degree in mathematics and experience hitchhiking to every state of the union except for Alaska and Hawaii; perhaps 30,000 miles in all. I learned more about how to live from those experiences than anything I learned in a school. Here is the story of whatContinue reading “You do not need permission to do the right thing. No one can give you permission to do the wrong thing.”
Brooke Allen 