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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 Lundblad1 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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