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  • Petervan’s Delicacies – 16 Aug 2020

    Very very long essay by Eugene Wei about social capital. Is social capital the same as status, or is it more? An initial introduction to Assemblage Space, part of an ongoing body of work around information, innovation and futures. By John Willshire from the Smithery. Amber Case hits the nail that payments have not evolved… Read more

  • Sine Parole – 15 Aug 2020

    Petervan Artwork ©2020 – Sparren on FCP X Read more

  • Petervan’s Delicacies – 31 July 2020

    As usual, an incoherent, irregular, unpredictable collection of interesting sparks. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! Rebel Wisdom’s Sensemaking Series is looking at the problem of truth in the digital age. Great series including notorious Jordan Hall. How Taiwan’s Unlikely Digital Minister Hacked the Pandemic Robert Scoble outlines the 2020 Technology menu: everything will… Read more

  • Petervan Ride July 2020

    Here is my music selection for July 2020. Most are July 2020 releases, here and there an oldie. Best enjoyed when played in shuffle mode. Read more

  • Pause with Josie – Episode 6

    This is episode-6 of the calm conversation with Josie Gibson from The Catalyst Network, inspired by Robert Poynton’s book “Pause – You are not a To-Do list“. The approach is simple: we both read chapter-6 of the book and highlight three sentences, and mark the words that resonate most. These sentences and words are the triggers for a very… Read more

  • One Morning in August: Story generated by AI-as-a-Service

    The AI GPT-2 Model generated the following story, just based on the input “One morning in August,”: One morning in August, 1991, two brothers were gunned down in the Jezeville Mansion on Jarvis Street in Detroit. This is one of several incidents where teenage boys were shot and left to die of self-inflicted injuries. Eight… Read more