3 days agoThis Is The Play Phase of A.I. That’s Good.Humans love to play. Sports, board and video games, new technologies. We tend to think that play is a recreational activity, it is, but only in part. Play holds a deeper role within our cultures, which is why it’s so important as a human activity. Right now, we are in…Artificial Intelligence4 min readArtificial Intelligence4 min read
6 days agoSocial Media’s Future Is ClosedTake a wander through your feeds in whatever social media channel(s) you follow. As you do, step back in your mind and look at the feed from a higher level. Notice how well the posts are curated? Or perhaps very generalist in nature. How much advertising there is and how…Social Media5 min readSocial Media5 min read
Sep 22Mayans, Climate Change & A.I.The Mayans were an incredible civilization. Masterful engineers, accomplished astronomers, clever mathematicians, talented artisans. They constructed vast city complexes, had rule of law and a highly developed writing system. While the Spanish empire eventually wiped them out, they were already a weakened society because of severe drought. Millions died. So…Artificial Intelligence3 min readArtificial Intelligence3 min read
Sep 20How We Talk About TechnologyLanguage is perhaps, the most important technology hominids ever developed. Not just us Homo Sapiens, but there’s evidence that our related Neanderthals may have developed some forms of language as well. Maybe other hominids? Language enabled us to work together and tell stories. …Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
Sep 18The Myth of Simple TechnologiesTechnology companies and platforms have been selling simplicity for decades. But we know, deep inside, that things are never as simple as they seem. So we add more and more technologies, tools. A new tool comes along and we think that now things will be easier. …Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
Sep 16On Humans And Our Love of DataOur brains love patterns. They help us make sense of the world, define our realities and understand where we are. Mathematics is a language, eloquent and as valuable, and informative to us as words, written and spoken. …Innovation5 min readInnovation5 min read
Sep 12Technology’s Evolution Was MessyWe like to think there’s been one nice, continuous, linear direction in the development of technologies. We turned silica stone into an axe and then it was all one long train of events to when we turned silica stone into microchips. It wasn’t at all that way. It was in…Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
Sep 11Why Boring Technologies Are ExcitingThere’s a cacophony of noise around Artificial Intelligence (AI), crypto, Web3, the metaverse, genetic engineering, DNA technologies. All clamouring to be seen as the one that will change the world and usher in a new age of utopia. …Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
Sep 8A.I., Tech Revolutions & SocietyIt wouldn’t be unreasonable to think that with the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney etc., that AI is currently, or about to, completely and utterly change the world. On an almost daily basis we see news headlines forecasting massive job losses, business will never be the…Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
Sep 6Tech Nostalgia & Why We Love ItThere’s those meme’s that float around with old technologies in them, or an example of how we dealt with an old technology. Often funny, and for those who lived through them, evoking of a certain nostalgia. …Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
