Ass-Kissing A.I.
One of the main reasons I avoid AI. It is just cringe.
Work
All Communication is Strategic
On misunderstandings “When a non-engineer talks to another non-engineer, any inappropriate content gets filtered out on the sending end, so what comes out is a sanitized output stream. If two non-engineers talk to each other, the lack of an input… Read More »All Communication is Strategic
Underappreciated Consequences of Digital Communication
How communication channels changed how we think and interact [The Art of Manliness] Familiarity Breeds Contempt (And Other Underappreciated Consequences of Digital Communication) #theArtOfManliness https://podcastaddict.com/the-art-of-manliness/episode/203970632 via @PodcastAddict
Failures of Modern World
Modern world is great and if someone asks me, in what historical period would I like to live, it would be either now or the future. There are some changes we made to our societies tough, that make some stuff… Read More »Failures of Modern World
The Jokes AI Won’t Tell
“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.”
How To Behave In The Age Of Callout And Cancel Culture
Something has shifted “In the past, you had to intentionally dislike people of a specific group and wish them harm. Then you were a bigot. However, this has changed. It is not the intent that matters but the impact.” https://thegeekyleader.com/2025/08/03/how-to-behave-in-the-age-of-callout-and-cancel-culture/
Face It, You’re a Crazy Person
You have no idea what you want or what you are doing. Neither have I “Our imaginations are inherently limited; they can’t include all details at once. ” https://www.experimental-history.com/p/face-it-youre-a-crazy-person
3 Types of Executive Team Dysfunction
Nice overview of what can go wrong at top management [HBR On Leadership] 3 Types of Executive Team Dysfunction #hbrOnLeadership https://podcastaddict.com/hbr-on-leadership/episode/203777169 via @PodcastAddict
Friction and being touched
Do we want frictionless world? “LLMs cannot really do people’s jobs – they might be able to kinda do very small parts, especially if quality is not a criterium – but they are always presented as suc” https://tante.cc/2025/07/30/friction-and-not-being-touched/
Institutions as Immune System
Institutions are hard to build and easy to break. Universities, ministries, companies. They usually accumulate a lot of insights and institutional knowledge and can respond pretty well to a wide variety of situations with usually good success. Of course, sometimes… Read More »Institutions as Immune System