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No innovation without the connection with the world of art
In June of this year, Raf Stevens (RS) invited me for an interview as part of his StoryClub Podcast series. The interview was in Dutch but i made this English transcript out if it. For those interested, it’s a good summary of my thinking and mood halfway my sabbatical. The different rhythm of the… Read more
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Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 28 Aug 2017
Edition-96 of Delicacies: As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About reality, trust, digital and analog stimuli. Very good. Highly recommended podcast included. With Rushkoff. http://www.rushkoff.com/team-human-recalibrating-trust/ About Collective Continuous Learning and Complete Day One Knowledge: excellent machine learning essay by Avinash Kaushik: https://www.kaushik.net/avinash/artificial-intelligence-opportunity-camel-to-cars-moment/… Read more
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Research is not about search but about finding
Tom Cruise in Minority Report – 2002 I had the opportunity to visit the R&D facilities of a big company, big like in 100K+ employees. I was invited to their brand new R&D site housing 1,500 researchers in brand new fully sustainable buildings (solar panels, recycles water, etc.) in the middle of nature. I was… Read more
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Paardrijden zonder teugels (poem)
Haar lichaam staat strak als dat van een zwetend renpaard Haar veulens zijn los, Haar beminnen voelt als paardrijden zonder teugels Het schuim op de mond Een steeplechase tot aan de einder Nog een laatste bocht De aankomst van een winnaar Rough translation Horse riding without bridles Her body toned like that of a… Read more
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Is Being Normal Boring?
Normal-hr-1 From the Normals-series by Pol Kurucz A couple of days ago, I was standing in line in the supermarket. In just five minutes time, the mother in front of me was instructing her two lively kids: “be normal”, “be silent”, “behave”. She probably said it 2-3 times in that short period. I smiled, but… Read more
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Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 21 Aug 2017
Edition-95 of Delicacies: As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About “Better for Less” in Government (and enterprise) IT anno 2017: https://medium.com/wardleymaps/better-for-less-58fe8c0a3aaa About the falling apart of the token liquidity craze in ICOs: https://prestonbyrne.com/2017/08/19/token-liquidity/ About the decentralised web as a way to limit… Read more