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Primar lo social sobre lo privado

«Pollution is basically a social and economic problem, rooted in the present irrational organisation of society, and that therefore all attempts to find a technological solution are doomed…

El estado de la economía

Normal in this instance means supply chains that are so complex that they need algorithmically controlled networks to manage them as they exploit cheap labor in one half…

Foco y curiosidad

Pete Davis talks about the power of closing some doors, of not keeping every possible option open, but making certain commitments in life for the sake of focus…

If only we’re brave enough

When day comes we step out of the shade, aflame and unafraid The new dawn blooms as we free it For there is always light, if only we’re…

A life support system without fault tolerance

We have engineered a life support system without fault tolerance, and we did it because engineers didn’t design the system. Politicians did. Special interests did. And it’s built…

Reparar el barco en mitad del viaje

It’s easy to rationalise this attitude as a desire to do things properly, but really it’s the desire to do them perfectly – with the result that you…

Good ideas come from shitty ideas

One of the people on my team really struggles with getting things done. For him, if a task isn’t done right it’s not worth doing at all. I’ve…

Impaciencia contra el miedo

Sometimes, we mistakenly believe that we’re building something that takes time, but what we’re actually doing is hiding. We stall and digress and cause distractions, not because the…

The ability to think for one’s self

As it happens, I am still committed to the idea that the ability to think for one’s self depends upon one’s mastery of the language Joan Didion, Slouching…

Leyes fundamentales de la estupidez

Siempre e inevitablemente cualquiera de nosotros subestima el número de individuos estúpidos en circulación. La probabilidad de que una persona dada sea estúpida es independiente de cualquier otra…