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Month: June 2022

Evening thoughts

12 June, 2022 Nicklas LundbladLeave a comment

The sun is setting over Camden. A new work week is coming up, and we are not sure who we are - or who we will be. Most of us are becoming. I met a man in the street today, walking down to buy some groceries, who walked slowly, elegantly dressed and speaking to a… Continue reading Evening thoughts →

Posted in Commentary

Dimensionality

11 June, 2022 Nicklas LundbladLeave a comment

"What is the right dimensionality of this problem?" This question - deceptively simple - is a good way to avoid defaulting into the dimensionalities that are most available to us - 2 or 3 dimensions to a problem, and, frankly, mostly two. Often when we describe a problem we somehow come back to the simple… Continue reading Dimensionality →

Posted in Dagsnotering, Mental Models

Agents or victims

10 June, 2022 Nicklas LundbladLeave a comment

The New Yorker recently published an essay asking how bad social media is for democracy. It is a thoughtful text, looking at two different perspectives and suggesting that the real picture is, well, complex. The simplest statement of the hypothesis would look something like this: (I) Social media is eroding democracy The article notes, not… Continue reading Agents or victims →

Posted in Future Studies

Energy and innovation (Questions)

9 June, 2022 Nicklas LundbladLeave a comment

It seems clear that the ability we have as a civilization to capture energy is directly related to the space of possible inventions we can unlock. If we wanted to do a classical technology tree, we would find, at the joints, the ability to capture energy in different ways. Som inventions are much more likely,… Continue reading Energy and innovation (Questions) →

Posted in QuestionsTagged Artificial Intelligence
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