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A Better Way to Think about Technology and the Future
In working with other people, I find they often expect I know how to make something, prefer I knew how to make it, or wish I would make it so they don't have to do so themselves. That's the burden of living in a world full of technology. The following rant from Ursula LeGuin was…
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Noah Brier at BrXnd Dispatch: Human Creativity magnified by AI
What if you could magnify your creativity? …the biggest untapped source of data lives in the heads of the world's experts. While one path people fear has AI hooking us all up to Matrix-style brain straws, what’s actually happening is that those experts who are finding ways to combine their knowledge with the power of…
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Why I like Tyler, even if I seldom understand him
Politics is stupider and less ethical than before, including when it comes immigration (but not only! Fellow citizens also have become more negative about other fellow citizens of differing views, and I view negativism as the root of the problem all around). via marginalrevolution.com
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How culture drives strategy
All my career, I've observed culture driving strategy, and now someone has EXPLAINED! Harvard Business Review: Build a Corporate Culture that Works, 2024-July/August by Erin Meyer Ever since Peter Drucker famously declared that “culture eats strategy for breakfast,” there has been a widespread understanding that managing corporate culture is key to business success. Yet few…
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A healthy approach to AI and making art
I generally find art made by AI unappealing, but when a great artist uses AI… the results are astounding. I also appreciated what he shares about his process and his hopes for the future. The artist is Refik Anadol.
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Satell Book Recommendations
Digital Tonto: 11 Books that will Make You a Better Communicator, 2024-May-26 by Greg Satell How Minds Change by David McRaney Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg Influence by Robert Cialdini Magic Words by Jonah Berger The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work! by Douglas Coupland Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty…
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On Recognizing and Exiting our Reality Tunnels… Joan Westenberg
I've been aware of "reality tunnels" (a new twist on 'tunnel vision') for a long time, but I love the way Westenberg expresses this challenge and how to overcome it. Don't let all you currently know confine all you can know! @Westenberg: On Reality Tunnels, 24-May-13 by Joan Westenberg The most important thing is to…
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Leveraging our observations as creators
Ann Handley interviewed BJ Novack, and I learned this tip… Just like BJ I used to take notes, but I never went back over them…. I could DO that! Total Annarchy: 10 ways to be more creative: My interview with actor, writer BJ Novak, 2024-05-12 by Ann Handley Prepare for inspiration; plan for execution.…
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Mind Blown: Real Economics and Protecting the Environment
Finally, I've found a rational method for being a conscientious consumer. I can't do everything, but I can understand how the system operates, and I can pull in the right direction. For one thing: I'll never buy a natural diamond. I have a few I've inherited and a few I've been given, but the cost…
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As schools reconsider cursive, research homes in on handwriting’s brain benefits : Shots – Health News : NPR
For adults, one of the main benefits of writing by hand is that it simply forces us to slow down. During a meeting or lecture, it's possible to type what you're hearing verbatim. But often, "you're not actually processing that information — you're just typing in the blind," says van der Meer. "If you take…
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