Ideas
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Dear Claude*,
Sometimes on google maps, we need to share a link to the route to a place, but not just to a final location. We want to recommend the best route out of many options, on ways that avoid obstacles, goes via a store, avoid temporarily blocked roads, or unwanted locations etc. When the recipient opens… Continue reading
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What we get wrong about technology
Source: What we get wrong about technology — ft.com The point of this article will be clear to anyone struggling to use new technology in current processes. The article stops short of future predictions but the insights from the past are illuminating. To become really transformative, Electricity required the reinvention of the the manufacturing process, worker… Continue reading
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Program or be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age
A six-year old speech that seems even more relevant given headlines about automation, economic stagnation and a resurgence of frightened right-wing beliefs. Continue reading
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Dont Worry about AI taking over the world
This has to be the most clear and lucid argument that I’ve read against worrying about AI taking over the world. Sharp, concise and funny. Read: Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People Continue reading
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Has Technology Failed Us?
An interview with Douglas Rushkoff, insightful as usual… Has Technology Failed Us? Also relevant…this Interview Continue reading
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means and how to respond
Source: The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means and how to respond | World Economic Forum Continue reading
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Rethinking ‘knowledge’ in the Internet Age
A gentle, insightful and intuitive book review that deserves to be a book by itself. Sign of the times This is the greatest time to be a curious person who wants to learn, and it is the greatest time to be a complete idiot. The internet is revealing both the power of our traditional ways… Continue reading
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