Working Systems

Over the weekend, I wrote up a (modestly described) formal proof for the societal value of local news.

This is Part 1.

About six months ago I installed OpenClaw on a local Mac, and 20 minutes later deleted the software and was tempted to burn the hard drive to make sure nothing breached containment.

FYI: This is Part II of a discussion about this project: Part I is here.

Update: A full production prototype is here: Product Thinking Assessment Much of the daily work of news product management is translating critical thinking into business answers.

“Part of what I want to convey here is that there’s not some ‘magic’ that’s necessary, that doesn’t exist for AI satellites,” Elon said.

Great products and services minimize friction—reducing the effort, time, or cost to the consumer.

AG Sulzberger used his keynote at the World News Media Congress in Marseille on Monday to plead the New York Times’ case against OpenAI calling the exploitation of journalism an “original sin” of generative AI and “a brazen theft of intellectual property.”

Mizzou hosts an annual Scholastic Journalism "JDay" during our spring break, 1,500 high school students and advisors from around the state gather on campus for workshops and discussions.

The brain is an expensive tool to operate, and so human biology is hardwired to take the path of least resistance when making decisions.

Immanuel Kant, born in 1724, developed the Categorical Imperative, which we can understand as: If a choice I make were to become a universal law, would I accept that outcome?

On the lecture circuit, I almost never repeat the same slide deck twice.

In 1937’s “The Nature of the Firm,” Ronald Coase introduced the idea that businesses exist as the most efficient way to manage information and activity in pursuit of an economic goal.

The Guardian reported today on Substack’s willingness to amplify—and profit from—Nazi content.

Start with the obvious: Jeff Bezos ought to support the WaPo or sell it to someone who will.