Silicon Valley
Apple Vision Pro cancellation would be a triumph of reality
Creating a new category of product requires more than a sense of mission, it means meeting people's actual needs.
Jason Walsh
Thoughts
Thoughts: AI lock-in, alogocracy and Route 66
All gloomy stuff, I'm afraid.
Culture thoughts: recent reading, listening and viewing
The Vivisector, by Patrick White As I said to the friend who recommended this: I can see why White is forgotten. Self-evidently great. Alarming. Wish I Was Here, by M. John Harrison An 'anti-memoir'. More proof that Harrison should be hailed as one of Britain's best
Thoughts: current reading
Whitechapel Gallery: Documents of Contemporary Art: The Magazine and Science Fiction Art theory texts. Signs from the Future | Columbia University PressWe are constantly being warned, but we seldom heed warnings. Cautioned about authoritarian leaders, climate change, technological dystopias, or other catastr... | CUPColumbia University PressSantiago Zabala Ballard is my native culture.
This is Europe’s chance to stop being a tech passenger
A small French government outfit is dumping US tech. Jason Walsh suspects this is the start of a continental trend.
Thoughts
Thoughts: soul rot, your delusion assistant and proof my job does not exist
Some interesting reading, this week.
Correlative computation
There's no winning on this one, but I propose we re-name AI anyway
The scroll is over
As the world grows more chaotic, people are retreating from social media. New research explains the numbers but the reasons run deeper, says Jason Walsh
Thoughts
Culture thoughts: Recent reading and listening
Recent reading and listening
technology
Don’t tell me a story
Why does every business want to tell us about themselves, all of a sudden?
Computer says ‘yes’
Using AI to win arguments does not sharpen our thinking, it insulates us from challenge, and in the workplace, that is a serious problem
Broadcom vs. Brussels shows what sovereignty actually means
It is now very late in the day, but a fully open software, and even hardware, stack is still worth pursuing