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The Maverick Mapmaker

I Started Drawing Maps

I Started Drawing Maps

Are you developing yourself as an M-skilled worker? Because the alternative—betting everything on a single domain—is looking riskier by the day.

I Started Drawing Maps

Are you developing yourself as an M-skilled worker? Because the alternative—betting everything on a single domain—is looking riskier by the day.

Using the System Against Itself

Using the System Against Itself

A handful of AI companies and autocratic regimes are racing to control artificial intelligence—the technology that may reshape how we work, govern, and organize society.

Using the System Against Itself

A handful of AI companies and autocratic regimes are racing to control artificial intelligence—the technology that may reshape how we work, govern, and organize society.

From Dollhouse to LEGO Bricks: Why Patterns Beat Frameworks

From Dollhouse to LEGO Bricks: Why Patterns Bea...

Frameworks = dollhouses. Nice, but you're stuck with someone else's design. Pattern languages = LEGO bricks. Build what actually fits your context. Stop rearranging furniture and start building something that...

From Dollhouse to LEGO Bricks: Why Patterns Bea...

Frameworks = dollhouses. Nice, but you're stuck with someone else's design. Pattern languages = LEGO bricks. Build what actually fits your context. Stop rearranging furniture and start building something that...

“You are arrogant, condescending, and disrespectful.”

“You are arrogant, condescending, and disrespec...

Criticism stings—but not all critiques are created equal. Meet six archetypes for giving and taking feedback, from the Peacekeeper to the Demagogue, and learn when to ignore, engage, or fight...

“You are arrogant, condescending, and disrespec...

Criticism stings—but not all critiques are created equal. Meet six archetypes for giving and taking feedback, from the Peacekeeper to the Demagogue, and learn when to ignore, engage, or fight...

AI Alignment? How About Human Alignment?

AI Alignment? How About Human Alignment?

What's the point of AI alignment when we still suck at aligning humans? The real-time alignment check is like a test harness for human behavior.

AI Alignment? How About Human Alignment?

What's the point of AI alignment when we still suck at aligning humans? The real-time alignment check is like a test harness for human behavior.

Don't Panic!—The AI Job Apocalypse Is Coming (But Humans Will Always Have Work)

Don't Panic!—The AI Job Apocalypse Is Coming (B...

Two billion years ago, a new technology emerged that killed almost everything on Earth—and created the conditions for a sprawling new ecosystem of biological innovation.

Don't Panic!—The AI Job Apocalypse Is Coming (B...

Two billion years ago, a new technology emerged that killed almost everything on Earth—and created the conditions for a sprawling new ecosystem of biological innovation.

Jurgen Appelo

"Maintenance is how the universe curbs productive people."