HIT Piece 12.29.2015

And the hits just keep on coming. The end of the year makes people take stock of what they’ve done and who they’ve helped (or hurt) in the year that has passed. I’m no different in that respect. However, where I am a little different from some others is that Read more…

[Advice] Burl Ives Was Wrong…

It’s the eve before Christmas in the Western world, and if you adhere to the Christian faith (or you just like getting and giving) then you’re trying to prepare for a holly, jolly…well, you know… Personally, I’m annoyed by Burl Ives’s voice, but the fact the matter is, that the Read more…

[Advice] Disagreements are Conflicts

No matter what language you use to describe them…. “kerfluffle” “drama” “disagreement” “viewing the situation differently” “a fight” “a ‘temporary’ setback” “…a moment” “there was an ‘incident’” …they are all conflicts. And all the cutsey, metaphorical language that we use to not describe them as they are, is, in effect, Read more…

HIT Piece 12.22.2015

My wife will tell you that I never take “time off.” She’ll say there’s no “break from this project” and she’ll tell you that many of my interactions with other people only demarcate interruptions between email, social platform updates, blog posts, product development ideas, and new business operations ideas. Some Read more…

[Strategy] Open A.I. Disagreements

In a world with responsive, predictive artificial intelligence, operating behind the veneer of the world in which humans operate, a philosophical question arises: Will the very human tendency toward conflicts increase or decrease in a world where the frictions between us and the objects we have created is reduced? From Read more…