I did not take an MBA but did an additional year in economics at university. It was funny sometimes how they dress up things an average farmer does spontaneously. Learned in my social science courses that this is a typical example of institutionalism. Certain patterns become so common that nobody questions it anymore and it becomes a ritual. Don't you dare to deviate from the ritual! SWOT analysis was hot in those days. Extra credit if you included that in your reports! So I ritually included this in every report. My grandfather was a farmer. I had a specific damaging worm in my lawn at the time. I asked him for advice. He spontaneously did a SWOT analysis of how to deal with this. Of course he did not use the formal terminology. He did not understand why I was laughing.
Did a report for a supply management course. It was teamwork and we delivered perfection. (many thanks to my teammate who walked the extra mile to get there!) We did not get the maximum points. My teammate went to see the professor. We used a mathematical derivative to determine the optimum. He said it showed we lacked economical insight. Should have found the value for x where the marginal cost equalled the marginal gain. (roughly translated, terminology can be different in English). The equations were mathematically equivalent. 4 points out of 20 deducted for that.
After that year, I decided to stay away from any job related to economics. A lot of it is just silly jumping through the trending hoop. Of course, I did a full blown SWOT analysis before I got to that conclusion.
Must say I was unsurprised when the 2008 financial crisis hit a few years later. Jumped the hoop a few times too many. Oops, time for a new hoop.

Check your smartphone, they often come with a step counter. I was surprised mine had one and registered my steps for years. That was fun...

I teach in a big building, going from classroom to classroom. That gets me around 6000 steps. I used to do an office job, took the stairs to get some exercise. Half of that. Looks like your office job includes more than average walking?

Went to buy seeds for my lawn. Apparently they mix different types of grass. If you stick to one type, your lawn will not survive the elements. Pretty sure if grass could be autistic, it was in the mix. Not too much though. Keep it balanced.

Yup, just label it as a genetic defect and you can edit it out. Select and delete. Compile and test the result. Baldness for starters!

It is an unconscious desire to be God in my view. Probably driven by being underwhelmed by our limitations as simple stupid human beings. Oh well, let them fly to the sun. It is the only way they will learn.

The invitation stays. We have wifi here. So you can get on the net if it gets too much.

There is an interesting contradiction there. If "nobody gives a shit", then why do people have to "get used to it"? Try breathing exercises. Hug a tree now and then.

Maga mode on: "Look, if the USA starts regulating AI, other countries will have an advantage and then they will be great. So shut up and be patriotic! I'd be happy to pay more for airline tickets if it helps the US!"
Ai: scanning through the internet to get user profile, found facebook profile, same username on slashdot, writing style matches, ah, "I'd be happy to pay more for airline tickets if it helps the US!", adding patriotic tax of 150%.
Oh well, time for tea.

We did not know other airlines used the same software. No we did not fix prices knowingly, the AI did it! It must be punished!

No free speech in the EU? I bet you haven't been here. Look why don't you come over and we'll flip the finger to Macron together. Followed by some insults to some important German officials.
My German is a bit rusty, but I'll make sure they'll get the message. We could flip our finger to them as well.
Next, we can do the same in the US, China and Russia just to see what happens and make a comparison.

Let's assume windmills kill too many birds. Why would that stop us from building more windmills?
We've done far worse.

Nice metafor, but I think it also can turn out the other way. The skinhead enjoys you pulling the gun and kicking him out. The week after, he brings his friends to fight it out. The week after the pub is empty and the skinheads pat each other on the back for a job well done.
Ignoring and enduring can be the right strategy. We had a guy that often posted 3d carves of Donald Trump's face. He added comments about how great he was. We kind of ignored him. Of course in this case, each post was pretty expensive to him, and he probably ended up with too many carves. It stopped.
But yes... sometimes you need a bartender that stands up to protect his clientele.
Now that I think of it, there was a famous Cafe in the city. They were known for slipping people a message: your drink is free, finish it up ASAP and leave. Handicapped people, bikers,... they all got the message. I knew a biker, he and his friends got a lot of free drinks there.

In the voice of doc Brown from back to the future... 125 TERABYTES? 125 TERABYTES? 125 terabytes... Great scott...

I have a small hobby cnc machine. Very supportive community on Facebook. It can be good. But stay out of politics... ;-)