The blue collar robots are almost here
The days of unionised labor are coming to an end. With the increasing stranglehold big corporations have on global production and the rise of robotics…
Understanding the EU Pay Transparency Directive
The European Union is taking a rather large step toward tackling pay inequality with the introduction of the EU Pay Transparency Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/970)….
The Universe Has Left the Chat (Extended Director’s Cut)
Scientists from the University of British Columbia have apparently proven-mathematically, no less-that the universe is not a simulation. Which is frankly disappointing, because many of…
The Meaning of Life: A Philosophical Journey
How often have you woken up in the wee hours and spent that time lying in bed just thinking ‘what’s it all about?’ Most of…
Beyond deference: why political respect built on titles strangles progress
We bow to titles. Senator walks into a room, everyone adjusts their posture. Minister speaks, everyone pretends wisdom emerged. Director decides, everyone implements without question….
The New Monopolists: How Spotify and Netflix turned creativity into a data Mine
There’s a sound that once defined art. The soft click of a record-store cash register – a tiny percussion marking a fair exchange. You gave…
An unfortunate temporal shift is coming
Daylight Saving Time (DST) has been a hot topic now for years. Numerous voices on the political, business, and scientific fronts have railed against its…
Steve Jobs: “Your presentation is pedantic and boring.”
It wasn’t one of Steve Jobs’ longer emails. Just six brutal words, rattled off as easily as he might say, “Have a good day.” The…
The Power of Rituals
It begins with a small sound. The strike of a match. The faint hiss as sulfur burns. The quick flare of flame. Then — the…
Is there a perfect tax haven to retire to, and could it be Bulgaria?
Gen X-ers are beginning to look around and wonder what will become of them once they hit retirement age, or indeed whether they will be…
Nadella Fixed Microsoft’s Culture. Then He Forgot About Ours.
In April of 1975, two young men in Albuquerque dreamed of putting a computer on every desk and in every home. Half a century later,…
The great bullshit apocalypse and the questions that nobody asked
I wrote The Intellectual Rage not as a history book, but as a battlefield diary smuggled out of the Corporate Dark Ages. Every sentence was…