A wonderful edition again this time. There is GTM and parking lots. I’m back on LinkedIn, apple juice and environmental landscape risk. Enjoy. An evening stroll I was walking my dog the other day when we ran into the caterpillar “Good morning caterpillar”, I said “Good morning”, the caterpillar mumbled “Are you okay caterpillar?”, I asked “Not really, no”, the caterpillar said “I ran into this butterfly”, she said, “and he was a complete knob” ...
Since 2015, I have been intimidated, envious and inspired by Brett Victors bookshelf. I have a list of books to buy called “Brett Victor” and I have always dreamed of having my own bookshelf. arjens books And I had one … An evening stroll I was walking my dog the other day when we ran into the koala “Oh lord please, not a koala”, I thought “Good morning koala”, I said “Good morning”, the koala said ...
Super Humans and Super AI I had an issue with my buttondown newsletter. I wrote to support. Got an automated reply telling me they got my mail, they are looking into the issue but since they only have limited staff, working in a US time zone, it might take a bit for a proper reply. Within 1 hour, Steph is in my inbox, kindly explaining the issue and how they would resolve it. I said thank you for the quick answer Steph and for being a kind human Steph and Steph said no problem arjen, we don’t like talking to chatbots, and we don’t want to make you all deal with them either. <3 (<- I got that one from the emoji museum). ...
Conference time. Two conferences, serendipity, long form essays, the future. I didn’t go to a lot of conferences the past few years. Let alone speak at conferences. But then I got invited to speak at 2 conferences last spring. Many good things came from both. I made a lot of notes but reviewing them I realised they don’t make much of a coherent story. But who needs coherence? Instead I present you observations, impressions and random thoughts. ...
Today, I wrote nothing. ¯(°_o)/¯ The asymetric nature of change: Humans change slow The machine changes fast “The machine” as systems of power (politics, technology, institutions, finance). They are self-reinforcing, self-interested, and largely autonomous from the individuals inside them. A banker, a politician, a programmer; each feels like they are making choices. But the system they inhabit has its own logic, its own momentum. The machine moves, whether or not any individual wills it. ...