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The tech leaders of the 80s were/are problematic (Woz, much less so)… but there was a distinct feeling that improving the human condition was the goal. “You should always try to think different,” he said. “Don’t follow the same steps as a million other people. Think, is there something I can do a little different?”…
… Bezos doesn’t understand the most basic facts about taxes, nor did he make any effort to inform himself. He went instead with some numbers he thinks he heard somewhere — numbers that tell a story he wants to hear. As I said, billionaire brain. https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/bezos-backlash-and-zombies Evidently the man who owns the world’s biggest library…
A charisma-less Vice President JD Vance was met Friday with humiliating silence when he tried to transform a memorial event into a political stump speech. https://newrepublic.com/post/210542/jd-vance-crowd-stays-silent-speech The billionaire class are way over their skis… and it’s starting to show
I was taught that here was a “right” way of doing life… I shook some of that off, but the ghosts still haunt me The way we’ve been taught to “do” life is all wrong. “Destinational living”, by which we pursue recognisable outcomes based on the lie that these will guarantee security and happiness, is…
“You may not have a billion dollars but your dignity is all yours. No one can take it from you. Compared to some you can already be ahead of the game.” https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-moment-of-calm These gents aren’t going down in history like Rockerfeller et al. It’s a very different media eco-system capturing their actions. Their stories will…
I’ll admit it, I’m munter-adjacent. There are some things I never really got when I was younger – classical art, classical music and literature. I’m a pop culture kid of the early eighties, stuff like this gets my blood pumping: I think I have finally found my “in” when it comes to classical music… As…
I saw a recommendation for Star Maker pop up on LinkedIn (I think). It was wrapped in a near-religious review of the book. I found the audio book and it became my companion on my gym commute. What can I say? The recommendation was correct. This book is simply amazing. Olaf Stapledon starts on the…
I live and breath the creative process. I despair when tech takes human expression and experience in the direction of slop (looking at you Meta). I get supercharged when I see new forms emerge… forms that make me look at the world in a different way. I was today years old when I discovered Ben…
I could choose to live anywhere in the world. 14 years ago I chose to settle in NZ for the rest of my life. There was one very considered reason: the future. I take as guidance 1 law: the law of requisite variety. The larger the variety of actions available to a control system, the larger the variety of…
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