Edition-142 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! Bizarre video about consciousness in an AI-driven world. Alienating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpHy73N1BgE Another video, this time about dance: how did this ultimate frivolity become a human necessity? Every culture dances: https://youtu.be/FyTqEl1yKbQ Why the institutional… Read more

  Edition-141 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About smaller groups creating more innovative work than larger groups: https://eighteenthelephant.com/2019/03/14/science-small-groups-and-stochasticity/ About coders’ addiction to efficiency. There is more to life than efficiency: https://www.wired.com/story/coders-efficiency-is-beautiful/ About the evolution from an attention economy towards… Read more

  Edition-140 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! Already published in 2016, this essay by Neri Oxman proposes a map for four domains of creative exploration—Science, Engineering, Design, and Art: https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/ageofentanglement About the fifth Design in Tech Report by John… Read more

  Edition-139 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About Rushkoff’s latest book “Team Human”. A manifesto for humanity: https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/team-human-douglas-rushkoff-screen-addiction-tech-technology-news-44908/ James Bridle about our relationship with the planet’s other alien consciousnesses: http://sites.barbican.org.uk/liferewired-jamesbridle/ About executive sponsorship for building new capabilities. Another great… Read more

  Edition-138 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About the dystopian deficiencies of capability maturity models (CMMs) such as Lean Six Sigma, Lean Startup, Agile/Scrum. Fantastic read. Very very good: https://mailchi.mp/ribbonfarm/omega-learning?e=951a16bd6f About the Quartz 2050 project, an exploration of creative solutions to… Read more

  Edition-137 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! Fantastic post on creativity and solid arguments why that will always be a human endeavor: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612913/a-philosopher-argues-that-an-ai-can-never-be-an-artist/ About Apple’s surveillance as self-care and the logic of screen timing: https://thebaffler.com/latest/scream-time-meyer About how to stop… Read more