Beware the Near Enemies

A lightning talk about the Four Immeasurables of Buddhism, Near Enemies, and how that applies to the tech industry. Given at FooCamp 2017.

Transcript

1. Beware the Near Enemies - @pamelafox
2. TLDR; about me
3. The Four Immeasurables
4. The Four Immeasurables Loving Kindness Compassion Empathic Joy Equanimity
5. Near & Far Enemies
6. The Four Immeasurables Loving Kindness Compassion Empathic Joy Equanimity Loving Kindness Compassion Empathic Joy Equanimity near: selfish love far: ill will near: pity far: cruelty near: blind euphoria far: jealousy near: indifference far: paranoia
7. Near & Far Enemies …in the tech industry??
8. Data-Driven Everything Image: https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/creating-a-data-driven/9781491916902/
9. What are we measuring? Image: http://blog.andymatuschak.org/post/159340765257/exalting-data-missing-meaning
10. Optimizing for the near enemy… Graph from: http://www.timewellspent.io/app-ratings/
11. What do your values mean?
12. Beware the Near Enemies …in Personal Growth and Product Development - @pamelafox