[The first requirement of a system is that] a system is a whole that consists of parts, each of which can affect its behaviour or… Read More »Russell Ackoff on Systems Thinking and improving system performance
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Oh, when the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof,And your shoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were… Read More »Not long ago; or, Little by little (11): Hot feet on hot days
Wandering Generalities The individual clips are remarkable and jaw-dropping for the technology they represent, but the use of the clips depends on your understanding of… Read More »Eye on AI: Platonic banana trouble
The short film below was made entirely by OpenAI’s Sora people putting a lot of hard work and ideas into Open AI’s SORA. SORA is… Read More »Eye on AI: Shy Kids, airhead slot machine
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I’ve just read the latest FreakTakes (from the excellent Eric Gilliam) on Managing Lockheed’s Skunk Works. Highly recommended – here’s a snippet:
From the recently updated post at OWID. See also: Our World in Data is Great and Getting Better; or, How I Destroyed Several Billion Medieval… Read More »Three things about the world from Max Roser and Our World in Data
Via Alex Tabarrok at MR … abstract public knowledge per se has very little effect on corporate patenting, publishing, or employment of scientists. Our study… Read More »Public knowledge, private know-how?