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  • We need to talk about the Rabbit’s name.

    From the “dammit! i should’ve made that connection” file: News flash: there’s already a gadget named the Rabbit and it is very well reviewed. If there were ever a case for diversifying leadership in the tech world, this is it. https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/3/24148260/we-need-to-talk-about-the-rabbits-name

  • Ayn Rand was the mirror universe Ursula Le Guin

  • ‘Eugenics on steroids’: the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute

    Good. Fucking. Riddance. Founded in 2005 and lauded by Silicon Valley, the Nick Bostrom’s centre for studying existential risk warned about AI but also gave rise to cultish ideas such as effective altruism Two weeks ago it was quietly announced that the Future of Humanity Institute, the renowned multidisciplinary research centre in Oxford, no longer…

  • You are not a commodity.

    Resist the urge to self-commodify. Embrace what makes you different, not what makes you blend in. Focus on the process, not just the outcome. Pour yourself into your craft and trust that your tribe will find you. The internet is becoming a sea of sameness. But what we crave most is something genuine-something real-not a…

  • The economic prototype of our society is a psychopath

    … it could be shown that homo economicus is not simply some kind of psychopath but specifically a subclinical or Factor 1 psychopath, often referred to in business research as a “corporate psychopath.” These are individuals who are extremely callous, selfish, and manipulative https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-024-05638-7#Sec7

  • NOTEBOOK: For more people than we realize, fascism is a “strong opinion, lightly held”

    We overly despair. We think fascism is rising because millions of people have deeply thought through it. In fact, lots of people are ambling into it because they are victims of disinformation, don’t spend a lot of time thinking about this, and have convictions all over the place. https://the.ink/p/for-more-people-than-we-realize-fascism

  • The Vision Pro is a big flop

    The Vision Pro and the Ai Pin are just the latest in a long line of tech failures, and they won’t be the last. We need to recognize that we have the collective power to challenge the industry, and no tech company or access journalist should be able to convince us otherwise. The only way…

  • Jimmy Carr On Andrew Tate & Men’s Mental Heath Crisis

    “Be a gentleman, be a mensch”

  • The Man Who Killed Google Search

    This is the result of taking technology out of the hands of real builders and handing it to managers at a time when “management” is synonymous with “staying as far away from actual work as possible.” And when you’re a do-nothing looking to profit as much as possible, you only care about growth. You’re not…

  • Oh the Humanity – Why You Can’t Build Apple with Venture Capital

    An ex-Apple designer who went on to startup success once told me, “I wish I could give a workshop for Apple alumni jumping into startups, to help them un-learn The Apple Way.” As someone who strives to build products with the craft and quality of Apple, it pains me to admit that The Apple Way…