How we apply technologies, where benefits accrue and who is impacted by impacted will be crucial questions for the next few decades of society.
The Good and Evil of Technology
Author: njyx
Senior Director at RedHat Inc. Ex. CEO of 3scale Inc. Concerned citizen of the world.
Economic Dignity
The concept of economic dignity which has been getting a bit of airtime in the past few days makes a lot of sense to me. The Atlantic covers it with a suitably clickbait title: "Economics if Broken". The term comes from Gene Sperling, former economic advisor to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and is … Continue reading Economic Dignity
Winners, Losers and Popcorn Politics
The media is already shaping the 2020 debate into a sporting event - at the expense of real policy debate.
Warum the Hell Nicht?
Sometimes you have to say what you have to say... in German.
From APIStrat to ASC: A New Chapter in API Community Building
Way back in 2012, Kin Lane and I had the whacky idea of starting a vendor neutral API Conference. At the time, there were some early vendor events and they clearly had their own value, but there was nothing that enabled the whole space to gather neutrally. So APIStrat was born and after a trial … Continue reading From APIStrat to ASC: A New Chapter in API Community Building
Learning from Da Vinci’s To-Do List
Leonardo Da Vinci's to-do lists are pretty fascinating. It's hard to imagine a fuller life of learning and creation.
In the Long Run, no Job is Forever
In the Long Run, no Job is Forever, but for now the best way to win is combine domain expertise with technology.
Specific Issue Coalition Stitching
How individual issues go to build party bases.
Willful Misjudgment: Charlie Munger and Inequality
I have a lot of respect for Warren Buffet, Charlie Munger and others who've made fortunes but then also share their observations with the world. Some of the perspectives are genuinely enlightening (and not just for people who want to "get rich") - take Charlie Munger's 1995 piece on misjudgment for example. That makes it … Continue reading Willful Misjudgment: Charlie Munger and Inequality
Getting Better at Technology Ethics: EthicsOS
Technology is creating massive change in society. In many cases, that's for good, but there is certainly the potential for great harm. A lot of press coverage focused on anecdotal incidents of bad outcomes. These are sometimes outliers or red-herrings (deaths from autonomous vehicles, for example, are terrible for those involved, but it is still … Continue reading Getting Better at Technology Ethics: EthicsOS