
Recent Interviews
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Interviews
These are my most recent interviews:
- "Jurgen Appelo Explores the Future of Leadership in an AI-Driven World" Reader's House (9 April 2025)
- "Author Spotlight: Jurgen Jojo Appelo" Other Worlds (10 November 2024)
- "Reflecting the Diversity of Our World" Literary Titan (16 August 2024)
- "Mind-Bending Work of Visionary SciFi" ManyBooks (24 July 2024)
- "Jurgen Jojo Appelo" The Bookish Elf (19 July 2024)
- "Author Interview with Jurgen 'jojo' Appelo" Book Nerdection (22 June 2024)
For publications about my nonfiction work, check out the unFIX Company.

"Anarchy is life’s way of avoiding non-existence."

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The Maverick Mapmaker
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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...
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“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...
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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.