But what will the robots want?
The latest post by Steve Sammartino
The exponential improvement of robotics is astounding. This dancing robot from Boston Dynamics is making me wonder if they should be called CyberDyne Systems! But, what if the robots do get as ‘human’ as many technologists… [ READ POST ]
The Startup Bubble
October 11, 2018
There are few things any established industrial economy needs more of than new businesses, but I’m here to say that ‘startups’ might not be the answer. Firstly, there are a lot of businesses calling themselves… [ READ POST ]
Algorithmic Bias
October 4, 2018
It’s easy to think machines have some kind of impartiality to them given they are, well, machines. But anything built by humans has a human inside it. Algorithms are no different, and just like us,… [ READ POST ]
Finding your future
September 27, 2018
We see what we look for. When it comes to our future, we choose whether or not we see opportunity or impending economic apocalypse. It’s a lot like an old investing maxim: The investment opportunity… [ READ POST ]
Digital Nostalgia
September 20, 2018
Digital technology has a wonderful way of allowing that which was lost to re-emerge. Before we had the ability to make and publish whatever we please, tastemakers always focused on the next new thing, obsessed… [ READ POST ]
Your data, your asset
September 13, 2018
Large corporations are currently walking over each others’ faces to gather data on us. Who can blame them – the biggest and most profitable companies in the world specialise in it. They see data as… [ READ POST ]
The UBI hoax
September 6, 2018
Have you ever noticed how those espousing the virtues of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) will never have to live on a basic income? They’re generally billionaires and academics who’ll never have to live under… [ READ POST ]