Economics

The Tail of AI

The Tail of AI

The broad range of technologies that we call Artificial Intelligence or AI are going to change the world, but probably not in the ways many speculate. The underlying question is not just the core technology, it’s how it can be applied to deliver practical cost-effective value without egregious energy.

Money?

Money?

Is the system of money we use today working ? Are there are better alternatives on the horizon? There’s certainly a lot of talk about cryptocurrency. Can we learn anything from the gold standard about crypto’s potential to establish a new type of currency?

On Consumption

On Consumption

Today is Black Friday, the day where most of the citizens of the United States, after participating in a day of gorging on food and disposing most of it into the garbage get into their automobiles and swarm to various department stores to buy stuff they don’t need and justify it because the goods are supposedly deeply discounted, marking the beginning our annual mania of consumption of mass consumer products. In a 2019 study, it was estimated that 80% of these goods will end up in landfills.

Agile & Jazz

Agile & Jazz

Software product development and jazz music share a remarkable similarity in their essence: both are grounded in creativity, exploration, and improvisation.

Professional Advertising Is Dead. Long Live Advertising.

About eight years ago,  I started to notice a bizarre phenomenon.  I was paid by people to make things look “professional,” yet I repeatedly noticed that consumers were suspicious or oblivious to much of the visual language that was established by the past century of professional ad design.  I looked around for some theorist to Continue reading Professional Advertising Is Dead. Long Live Advertising.

Watts The Solution?

The future of the American energy crisis is clean electricity. With clean electricity we can power our current interstate infrastructure, keep our car culture, and continue to enjoy our transportation independence. We can move goods around the country, and actually do it cheaper than ever before.