In a sense, that's exactly what we’re doing when we look for the most disruptive ideas: we’re searching for the fixed points in the system—the things it won’t change, can’t change, because everything else depends on them.
Tim: > “AIGORA isn’t just a technical blueprint—it’s a moral imperative. We must design systems that reflect our highest values.”
Missional pioneers don’t fail because they lack vision. They fail because they lack a structure that provides both gritty grace and painful kindness—the two forces required to trigger transformation. They need hohlraums…
Intel’s history is filled with both groundbreaking successes and painful missteps. One of the most glaring was our failure to lead in mobile. The same cultural habits that caused us to miss mobile—our deep focus on process technology, our obsession with power and performance in isolation, and our reliance on the x86 architecture—left us blind to the opportunities mobile offered. But here’s the twist: **those cultural traits that hindered us in mobile now make us uniquely positioned to invent the Hexonic future.**
Ambition Openness Risk Thankfulness Awareness
Work is creating something of value That others recognize. Making a dent in the world Or better, fixing one. With enough accountability Or structure That I cannot hide.
[Not Boring Research Analyst Application] I believe: The Human Colossus is about to undergo a phase transition ("from rational to relational") analogous to the one where Gutenberg, Luther and Newton inaugurated modernity ("from ritual to rational")Not Boring is uniquely positioned to observe, influence, and capitalize on this phase transitionYou need someone like me -- with... Continue Reading →
I am currently podcasting a book club with my father on Nevil Shute's novel Round the Bend. The framing question we are using for our discussions is "What is this book about?" There are a number of different themes that have come up (e.g., technology, love, and racism), but my current hypothesis is that the... Continue Reading →
Obsess over a Wildly Important Problem that has not been properly characterizedIdentify a novel point of technological leverage for solving that problemDiscover a market hurting enough to pay for even a crappy solution to that problemIterate and improve on all the above until you die, fully solve the problem, or hand it over to someone... Continue Reading →
The Problems (Drawn from the list identified by Social Capital on December 15, 2018) Disrupting Programming Can we enable people who don’t know programming to build applications? Is there a way to structure, pipe, and manage data better? Disrupting Education Can we educate humans in interesting ways so that they learn to think in multi-disciplinary ways?... Continue Reading →
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