Cutting edge – learning and change
The edge on a knife is important – it’s the sharp end (okay, side) where the cutting actually takes place. It needs to stay sharp,… Read More »Cutting edge – learning and change
technology
Tim O’Reilly on structural literacy
Access to an unlimited world of information is a powerful augmentation of human capability, but it still has prerequisites. Before she could make an exquisite… Read More »Tim O’Reilly on structural literacy
Kevin Kelly – what is technology?
Not just shiny new stuff It was clear (at least to me) that technology was an extension of natural life, but in what ways was… Read More »Kevin Kelly – what is technology?
W. Brian Arthur on combinatorial innovation
The idea … that we have is that there’s some genius in an attic… cooking up technology and coming up with inventions. But it started… Read More »W. Brian Arthur on combinatorial innovation
Podcast recommendation: Marc Andreesen on The Moment with Brian Koppelman
I’ve already shared an extract from this episode about systems thinking here, but the whole interview is fascinating and everyone I’ve recommended it to has… Read More »Podcast recommendation: Marc Andreesen on The Moment with Brian Koppelman
Machine. Ecosystem. (6) – Kevin Kelly on the techium
Okay, so machines are simple, largely linear, and predictable, and systems are complex, adaptive and ‘dispositional’… but look a bit closer and the distinction gets… Read More »Machine. Ecosystem. (6) – Kevin Kelly on the techium
Computers marching towards us
Computers have been on a steady march toward us. At first, computers were housed in distant air-conditioned basements, then they moved to nearby small rooms,… Read More »Computers marching towards us
Deep literacy: Kevin Kelly on more than reading
… producing books with ease on Gutenberg’s press did not fully unleash text. Real literacy also required a long list of innovations and techniques that… Read More »Deep literacy: Kevin Kelly on more than reading
Parallel processing: finding the right people
In computers, parallel processing is the processing of program instructions by dividing them among multiple processors with the objective of running a program in less time. TechTarget .… Read More »Parallel processing: finding the right people
Copyright and sharing
Give it away now RHCP Some thoughts from other people about this as a start. Thanks to DB for the prompt! From Seth Godin How… Read More »Copyright and sharing