20240421

Let no one think it is an easy way because it is concerned with moments of happiness rather than with stern duty or high moral endeavour. For what is really easy, as I found, is to blind one’s eyes to what one really likes, to drift into accepting one’s wants ready-made from other people, and to evade the continual day to day sifting of values. And finally, let no one undertake such an experiment who is not prepared to find himself more of a fool than he thought.

• People: Cobuying homes. 3-layer digital identity. An old read - a life of one’s own. Kids and mobiles (why only kids though). Midlife crisis, another take =)

• Business: McKinsey gives staff 9 months of pay to resign. Restaurant, pay-as-you-can (comme les petites cantines?). 25% want to shift side hustle into career. Muji and loneliness. A coffee to write books. The chocolate crisis.

• Tech: A live-action pokedex - ASH. Tuvalu digital twin. Future of silk. AI, farming, and ethics. Poisoning social media. Mini 1.5 MW fission reactor.

• AI: OpenAI allows more custom model training. Are more agents a solution to enhance LLM answers? AI and the problem of knowledge collapse (oversimple?). GenAI and the future of work, updated [PDF]. Great AI, lazy humans. We have today 3 unique, big LLMs. How humans outshine AI in adapting to change. Thoughts on the future of software development.

• Futures: Visions for 2034. Design fictions.