Parlor Tricks
We are currently in the middle of a massive goalpost-moving exercise because we realized, a bit too late, that we never bothered to define the term intelligence before we started building things that look like they have it.
Psychology
The Yes Machine
When he prompted his enterprise AI to evaluate the feasibility of canned forest air, it immediately generated a three-year growth projection that aligned perfectly with Nate’s internal optimism.
Bot Shepherds
We must establish a symbiotic architecture where AI handles the complexity of execution while the human remains the definitive architect of intent, ensuring that technology serves as an extension of our will rather than a replacement for it.
Greater Fools
The greater fool is an economic term. For the rest of us to profit, we need a greater fool — someone who will buy high and sell low.
The Great Hollowing?
In the elegant machinery of economics, supply and demand form a perfect circle—each feeding the other in a self-sustaining loop, like the smooth symmetry of a donut. In the new world of AI, the donut isn’t just missing its center—it’s crumbling from the inside out.
Cogs?
We are social animals. Our sense of self-worth is deeply tied to how we’re valued by society. While fear of economic insecurity is certainly real in modern society, most of us have a deeper anxiety of becoming irrelevant, of having nothing meaningful to offer in return for recognition or belonging. Despite what we think makes for a successful career, what we really crave is fairness and social validation; it’s a primal need to feel useful to the collective.
Finfluence
Social media influencers have not only altered the way financial information is consumed, but the markets themselves.
Agile & Jazz
Software product development and jazz music share a remarkable similarity in their essence: both are grounded in creativity, exploration, and improvisation.
The Time Mastery Myth
Do we, influenced by our inherited conception of time, find it challenging to appreciate each moment for its own sake, rather than its usefulness for future goals?
Baseline: A Steady Diet Of Nothing
From straight-edge hardcore punk to modern wellness social media influencers, it’s been a long journey to make clean living cool again.
The Power of Empathetic Leadership
The ability to step into another’s shoes and understand their situation and challenges is a powerful trait that builds trust, faith and cohesion that is essential to the success of teams and organizations.
Remote Work Time Management
The productivity paradox facing remote workers cannot be solved with technology. It’s a management problem.
Healing the Digitally Distressed Mind
It’s not until you schedule an intentional “digital detox” that you’ll see how much compulsive behavior punctuates your life and how much willpower it will take to permanently change it.
Microsoft’s Productivity Research
Microsoft research estimates that knowledge workers spend 60% of their time in meetings, answering emails, or chatting. They call this Digital Debt.
Lossy & Loud: The Modern Music Streaming Experience
What is the relationship between maximizing loudness, psychoacoustics and perceptual lossy compression? Does loudness maximization affect the quality of streaming audio?