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techno-optimism
Vitalik Buterin writes: As it turns out, 1952 was not even the peak: in the late 19th century, even higher concentrations of air pollutants were just accepted and normal. Since then, we’ve seen a century of ongoing and rapid declines. I got to personally experience the tail end of this in my visits to China:…
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Humane didn’t build a toy
My first reaction to Marques’ review of Humane’s Ai Pin was that’s harsh. It was obviously based on the thumbnail he used. I probably would not have done that. But that’s also one of the reasons I don’t have 18M followers. And a media empire to serve them. My issue with people complaining about the…
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Apple in trouble?
Ben Thompson writes: Last week this danger manifested, not as new legislation, but as this lawsuit, which attacks Apple’s integration much more than it attacks the App Store. I think, though, that it was Apple’s policies around the App Store that created the conditions for this lawsuit in the first place. In short, I suspect…
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Taipei
This was my first experience of Asia. Asia that’s not Pakistan. Technically I have been to Malaysia and Philippines but those were business trips. Everything was managed. Plus, you are part of a group so what you get to experience is limited. A solo trip is different. Anyway, the trip was a bit cheeky. I…
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Where is Optimism?
Om Malik asks in a recent podcast episode with Ben Thompson: Why did we stop being optimistic? It’s not about money, it’s not about being rich or successful, it’s just a whole series of people, and I know a lot of them worked on this video Internet technology to get to a place where we…
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Books I read in 2022/2023
The past couple of years were weird as for as my book reading was concerned. I struggled to read. I gave up on finishing a book, as a goal, some time ago. But not being able to pick one was new. New year obviously brought some reflection. I think there were two main reasons. One,…
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Be your own Hakeem
I was talking to my grandfather the other day, explaining the precautions he needs to take to be safe from COVID-19. He is above 80 and has asthma. He partially agreed to change some of his habits and then gave a long speech on how things were simpler when he was young. I have heard…
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COVID-19 makes the case for progress
From The Roots of Progress: We need progress not only because of the poor. We need it for everyone. Because we are all poor—compared to where we can be and should be in the future, if we can keep progress going. We still get cancer and heart disease. We still waste time commuting and shopping—and…
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How to increase the effectiveness of engineering teams, lessons from Twitter
Steve Jobs once said, a line of code you don’t have to manage is a line of a code you didn’t write. What he meant was less code that does the same job is better than more code. But how do you make sure, as an engineering or product manager, that your developers are following…
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No Schedule Vs Pinned Tasks
Naval says (loosely paraphrased), it’s not about the book. It’s about the reader. Meaning one book can mean different to two people. And even to same person depending on when he/she reads it. I first read Marc Andreessen’s productivity guide at least two years ago (don’t remember the exact date but it wasn’t the last…
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