Dovetailed: Seth Godin on good tools on cool tools
You can get a router that will make a perfect dovetail every time, and my question is, why would you bother? Because the whole point… Read More »Dovetailed: Seth Godin on good tools on cool tools
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Colin Marshall: Cultural Nexus / An album a week
I never listened to The Beatles until age thirty-five… it just seemed like, The Beatles are so popular they are the image of a popular,… Read More »Colin Marshall: Cultural Nexus / An album a week
Your team of AIs
Kevin Kelly’s writing about AI, and specifically types of AI (rather than the monolithic general-intelligence-that’s-smarter-than-we-are-and-gets-rapidly-smarter-still that we worry about) has got me thinking about my… Read More »Your team of AIs
Kevin Kelly on the future of progress and prosperity
Here’s a dose of optimism from KK – part of his excellent series of videos on The Future of X. It’s well worth checking out.… Read More »Kevin Kelly on the future of progress and prosperity
Educated (2): How to learn to learn
As the pace of technological change accelerates, we will spend most of our lives as – in Kevin Kelly’s words – perpetual newbies. Even so-called… Read More »Educated (2): How to learn to learn
Recommendation: Kevin Kelly on the future of…
Kevin Kelly is reliably insightful and thought-provoking and often fascinating. I don’t think I’ve ever read or listened to something of his that hasn’t made… Read More »Recommendation: Kevin Kelly on the future of…
Recommendation: The Cool Tools Show
I suppose this is a meta-recommendation: the tool is the Cool Tools podcast, featuring Mark Frauenfelder and Kevin Kelly. If you’re into or interested in… Read More »Recommendation: The Cool Tools Show
Matt Mullenweg’s hierarchy of improvements for video calls
In short, invest in this order: Quality of internet connection (line and router). Voice (Get a good microphone. He recommends this affordable headset or its… Read More »Matt Mullenweg’s hierarchy of improvements for video calls
Kevin Kelly on the future of robots
The energy barrier The main hurdle [to building an autonomous, mobile robot] is actually not its intelligence but its energy, its power. The human body… Read More »Kevin Kelly on the future of robots
The onion strikes back: Maggie Koerth on the nested problems of Covid-19 testing
Covid-19 testing has been a mixed bag: Singapore and Korea seem to have been able to get on top of things quickly, while the UK… Read More »The onion strikes back: Maggie Koerth on the nested problems of Covid-19 testing