This is the first in a series of weekly digests about technology, people and how they influence each other.
- from Harvard doctor and sociologist Nikolos Christakis about how automation is changing our relationships. Attached are some amazing examples from his sociology lab at Yale University. The article makes it clear how robots can improve or destroy cooperation, trust and mutual aid, depending on how they are integrated into social groups. Must read.
- Why is everyone suddenly starting to make wireless headphones? . The answer is obvious: job to be done - headphones allow you to conveniently create a focus on audio. Where there is attention, there are technology businesses. Neither Apple, nor Microsoft, nor Amazon, nor anyone else will simply let a computer in the ear. Additionally, the next battle for attention will be around voiceβwhich produces meaning (podcasts, audio shows, articles, music) and which creates meaning (conversations).
- Jack Dorsey (CEO of Twitter and Square) with the creator of TED about how Twitter is fighting and planning to overcome various unpleasant things that clog the channel: disinformation, oppression, Nazism, racism, etc. Also, a great look at how product thinking can help solve complex human relationship issues. Dorsey was the only tech leader to respond to an invitation to answer questions on stage at TED 2019.
- If you've noticed how calm and grounded the Dorseys feel on stage, you're absolutely right. Dorsey has been meditating for 20 years, and for his last birthday he gave himself not a new Tesla, but a train to Myanmar for . Dorsey's 10 more healthy lifestyle habits, including immersing himself in ice water, walking an hour to the office in the morning and fasting, are in .
- Andressen Horowitz partner Ben Evans on artificial intelligence biases. By analogy with the cognitive biases common in humans, Ben argues that artificial intelligence is inherent in a number of biases, primarily related to what data people feed the computer to train its neurons. Recommended reading for everyone who is directly or indirectly involved in AI.
Source: habr.com