Having worked in tech for years, and in several highly regulated industries (consumer credit for instance), I've long ago given up on any hope that those industries can be changed from *within*. hence my focus on the external drivers of change now.
CULTURE
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Founder storytelling builds movements not just products
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All facts no fiction. A founder who can’t tell a story builds a product
A founder who can, builds a movement -
AI-designed sitar cafe concept inspired by Hard Rock model
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Since the idea has earned the internet’s seal of approval, unsurprisingly, we now have an AI-imagined design concept! Just like Hard Rock Café famously showcases guitars played by legends like Prince, Clapton, and Jimmy Page – imagine the cafe walls proudly displaying sitars
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AI Wrappers Future: Optimized Happiness Surrenders Human Agency
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In a few years, we will turn into ChatGPT wrappers. We will dump all our data, emails, logs, desktop screenshots into it and ask for instructions on how to live our best lives. Happiness optimized, free will optional. Best wrapper life!
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Building Through Doubt: Entrepreneurial Resilience in Tech
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Some days I wake up questioning everything I’m building. The vision is clear.
The market is real.
But the silence, the setbacks, the second-guessing? That part’s loud. Still I show up.
Because I didn’t start this to feel safe.
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Authentic Founder Leadership Beyond VC Aesthetics
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6. He did it without the VC uniform.
No Patagonia vest.
No Sand Hill Road address.
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How Our Hunter-Gatherer Brains Handle Modern Complexity
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I think about this type of thing _all_ the time, how did we do all this with our hunter gatherer brains… https://t.co/minmmkoatB
— Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) 19 mai 2025I think about this type of thing _all_ the time, how did we do all this with our hunter gatherer brains…
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Digital Fashion and Metaverse: Sustainability in Virtual Clothing
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Future of Fashion: Digital Clothing, #Metaverse , and Sustainability https://
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Capability Denialism Underestimates AI Progress and Impact
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The appeal of capability denialism is often given by cultural, ideological or aesthetic resistance to Artificial Intelligence. While AI proponents have often been too optimistic about the pace of progress, denialism has misled the general public into severely underestimating AI.
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Balancing Bold Vision with Full Life in Tech
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Full life. Bold vision. No either/or. Curious if anyone else is walking this tightrope too?