not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted should be.

In the Age of Experience, perhaps it’s time we stop translating and start developing new, more direct ways to meaningfully measure what matters. (NEWSFLASH - that is not coming out of ‘The Valley’ any time soon.)

This short reflection is my way of shining a light on that moment. Because sometimes a single sentence can unlock a whole new way of thinking.

🔗 I wrote a lot more about Jony Ive’s sit down with Patrick Collinson here.

Talking to an old friend tonight. I said something. He replied …

“Sausage speared by the cocktail satellite”

.. which curiously enough made sense in the flow of the conversation .. but I still had to ask. The full quote …

Poolside laughter has a cynical bite
Sausage speared by the cocktail satellite

It comes from the song ‘🔗📼 Lay Your Hands On Me, version of the song that my friend said that was the version I needed to watch.

Just did and too good not to share. So …

Cans on - Volume up - listen in for 8 minutes - and come out shaking.

When I was a lad in the UK there was this thing in the news called the ‘Brain Drain’, where people left the UK and went West. Yes America - but also Canada.

Who would have predicted that it would only take half a century and the most stupid president to have ever walked the earth (not just the US) to 🔗 reverse that.

Poaching U.S. talent “needs to become a strategic priority for government.

💬 Paul Nurse

Paul is head of the Francis Crick Institute.

Not to put a damper on things - but the government needs to move fast.

Oh well. We can dream.

🔗📼 Roger

🔗📼 Good Watch

People who treat AI like a teammate, coach it and give it feedback and importantly, get it to ask them questions. The fundamental orientation a lot of people take towards AI is I’m the question asker. AI is the answer giver. But if you think about AI like a teammate, you say, hey, what are ten questions I should ask about this? Or what do you need to know from me in order to get the best response?

Preet talking to Ian Bremmer .. sensible talk.

🔗🎙️Listen

Christopher Lydon … Tяump a real life Great Gatsby 100 years later❓

🔗🎙️Listen

I just found this in my notes with no attribution - but looks like 🔗 Semaphor

South Africa is among the nations that have sought counsel from Goldman Sachs on how to improve ties with Washington. According to The Wall Street Journal, the bank advised Pretoria — which has been in the White House’s crosshairs for months over its close ties to Russia and its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice — to scrap a law that requires Black ownership of some businesses as a way to get into the Trump administration’s good graces. It also recommended Pretoria walk back a land-seizure law that angered Elon Musk, who claimed it discriminated against White farmers. Japan and Saudi Arabia have also consulted with the Wall Street giant.

Mac File-Finding Gems from 🔗 Brett Terpstrabrett.trpstra.net/link/535/…) - I particulalry liked the look of auto tagging in HoudahSpot.

🔗It’s not the colour of the pill that counts

Happened to be talking about Asimov to a friend of mine the other day. We both had read ‘everything’ he had written - and certainly for me I know that will not be true, but definitely I hit the 45 to 50 books range - I can still picture them on my my book shelf in my teenage bedroom.

BUT - we both agreed that the reading was a long time ago - and not sure if they would stand the test of time - based on writing quality (?) Not sure that is the right term.

So interesting to see this today …

among Isaac Asimov’s many faults, his total lack of interest in characters meant some deft footwork by the writers of the Foundation television series.

💬 William Gallagher

Yes - that is probably it. I don’t recall him being an ‘emotional’ writer, which as a teen I didn’t miss. It was the ideas that I was after.