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
“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.”
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/
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
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
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 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
It is not as easy as you would think
Quick and interesting thoughts on labor vs. the world “A small team at TikTok can alter the attention patterns of a billion teenagers in months. Meanwhile, educational institutions need years just to update their curricula, and democratic governments require decades… Read More »The Leverage Arbitrage: Why Everything Feels Broken
I always have to remind myself of this. Keep it simple, stupid. We have a tendency to overcomplicate things. Doing the simplest action or version is however enough in most cases. Then you can iterate and improve if needed.