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The Funny Thing With Smart
When the thermometer was invented, nobody really understood what temperature was. The same is now true of intelligence; we can measure it, but remains a mystery.
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Introducing Straddle, a Framework For Validating Startup Ideas
A good framework paves a way for the mind, making it easier to grasp a reality which will always remain chaotic in its essence.
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Back To Business
At its core, the Swedish political project has always been an optimistic one. Regardless of what party that ruled the country, our leaders seem to have shared a deeply held belief that we can handle whatever challenges we’re facing and that in the long run we’re making good progress.
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How To Pick A Party
When I go to cast my vote a few days from now, I feel confident that I’m backing the right horse. That’s thanks to something I learned during many years of recruiting tech talent.
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Dear Apple, Here Are Three Things I’d Like You to Fix With Contacts
Contact represents a glaring blind spot both in terms of functionality and user experience. That’s ironic since Apple’s marketing revolves around connecting people.
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One Hell of a Book
Learning to love yourself in a country where your life can be taken away from you at any moment and there’s nothing you can do about it – learning to love yourself in the middle of all that? Hell, that’s a goddamn miracle.
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First Principle Politics
No amount of innovation will save the world from climate change, unless politicians across the ideological spectrum also do their part.
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Mode Confusion and the Future of Robot Design : Lessons from Human Factors Engineering
Human factors engineering taught us to minimise the risk for mode confusion. That’s highly pertinent when designing interaction with social robots.
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Why We Keep Referencing The Past To Feel Good About the Future, or: A Brief History of Skeuomorphism
Why did the disciples of Bauhaus hate Parisian metro stations? And is VR really virtual?
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Something Big is About to Happen, and Apple Won’t Like It : the Digital Markets Act and the End of the Walled Garden Strategy
Apple’s renowned “user friendliness” comes at a price, or at least that’s what Apple likes us to believe.
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The Cost of Optimism : Philippe Squarzoni, Climate Change and the Total Perspective Vortex
I recently read two novels about gay men in the midst of the AIDS epidemic. Their reluctance to take the test reminds me of my own feelings with regards to global warming.
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Why I Won’t Use The Best Software, Even When It’s Free
Productivity is hard. The more you realise what the optimal setup would look like, the further you get from starting to implement it.
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The Automation Paradox : Losing Mastery in the Age of Machine Assistance
The shift from nitty gritty to ever more elevated levels of abstractions has been a trend in technology for so long, that it almost seems inevitable.
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The Sim-To-Real Gap
While watching babies and kittens learn by doing is cute, you don’t want a soon-to-be autonomous car cruising your neighborhood to pick up traffic rules.
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Disruption Disrupted : How Big Tech Keeps Innovative Startups at Bay
Everyone who read Clayton Christensen *knows* that startups will eat incumbents for breakfast. That’s why they call it disruption!