The Talking Mirror
We built a social network where humans were not allowed. That detail matters more than anything else. An empty stage, a sealed arena, populated only…
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IT’S MONDAY – February 2nd – Time Was a Mistake: Please Upgrade to the ‘Freedom Pro’ Plan to Continue.
The first clocks were not invented to help anyone. This is important. They were built in monasteries to tell people when to pray, when to…
Intelligence, Displacement, and the Question of Agency
I was fascinated by technology long before I understood what the word meant. I must have been six or seven years old. My parents’ library…
The Era of “Optimization” is Over; the Era of “Adaptation” Has Begun
As someone who studies patterns of organizational and economic transformation, I’ve watched a fundamental shift unfold over the past five years – one that most…
IT’S MONDAY – JANUARY 26TH – Davos, Served Lukewarm
While Sauron’s eye was fixed firmly on Davos – swiveling slowly over snowbanks, glass facades, and men named Klaus wearing identical scarves – it is…
Bulgaria’s AI Revolution: How Artificial Intelligence could redefine a nation’s economic future
Could AI be the secret weapon that propels Bulgaria onto the global economic stage? Imagine traditional Bulgarian industries – from the rose fields of the…
The Fear That Swallowed Itself: How Apple’s Terror of Failure Became the Only Thing It Achieved
What happened was not a pivot, not a partnership, and not a strategy in any meaningful human sense of the word. What happened was that…
It’s Monday – JANUARY 19th – Logic, Chimneys, and the Beige Collapse of Europe
In partership with The Sofia Globe Observed by an alien who has now waited seven hours for a Bulgarian stamp There is an old Talmudic…
It’s time for a European Declaration of Interdependence
The European Union is facing unprecedented challenges at a time when the 20th-century multilateral order is under attack. However, calling for a “United States of…
The Gift of Heinlein
Our kids’ school, in its icy cruelty, continued its program right up to the day before Christmas Eve. We’re letting them out of school early,…
The Fourteen-Billion Dollar Copy-Paste: A Digital Transformation Tragedy
Or: Why the Republic of Meridiana Has the World’s Most Advanced System for Doing Nothing In March 2021, the Republic of Meridiana achieved something remarkable….
It’s Monday – JANUARY 12TH
A weekly digest – part serious, part not – in partnership with The Sofia Globe Happy Monday. Arguably the most emotionally dishonest greeting in the…