False certainty
A first rant on why financial forecasting simply isn’t good enough. Hopefully I can explore some possible options further ahead. False certainty
Author: Björn Jeffery
Hyundai’s future mobility plans include wearable robotic assistants
“The automaker is focusing its personal robotic efforts around “wearable robots,” or robotic exoskeleton devices that can supplement or augment the mobility of their wearer. These efforts are organized around three different streams: medical devices for people who would be totally unable to get around without them, assistive devices for people who have difficulty moving around and wearable bots that can boost a wearer’s ability to carry loads or perform other tasks not normally manageable […]
Attempting consciousness
A challenge worth taking on. “If you’re aware enough to give yourself a choice, you can choose to look differently at this fat, dead-eyed, over-made-up lady who just screamed at her little child in the checkout line — maybe she’s not usually like this; maybe she’s been up three straight nights holding the hand of her husband who’s dying of bone cancer, or maybe this very lady is the low-wage clerk at the Motor Vehicles Dept who just […]
Whether you tell it or not — the story gets told
If you don’t tell the story, then a story gets told in its place anyway. Likely a different one than you intended. A friend and colleague reminded me of this old saying the other day. It is very true in internal business communication, where not communicating sometimes makes the loudest noise. This is easy to forget even if you know that it is the case. With this in mind, I’m going to start writing more […]
Our struggles determine our successes
Our culture would tell me that I’ve somehow failed myself, that I’m a quitter or a loser. Self-help would say that I either wasn’t courageous enough, determined enough or I didn’t believe in myself enough. The entrepreneurial/start-up crowd would tell me that I chickened out on my dream and gave in to my conventional social conditioning. I’d be told to do affirmations or join a mastermind group or manifest or something. But the truth is […]
Porky Hefer
(via porky hefer suspends animal-cocoons at london design biennale)
Furnished lodgings down at Rustington-on-Sea
They don’t write them like this any more. I used to listen to this on cassette when I grew up. Lines like “I had taken furnished lodgings down at Rustington-on-Sea”. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Babies show no preference
Gender preferences for toys only show up after children learn about their gender. Babies show no preference, Brown says. In fact, when it comes to the actual toys kids like to play with, there is more variability within a gender than there is between genders, says Sweet. For example, she points out that studies of young children have shown that boys are no more likely than girls to enjoy playing with a toy with wheels, […]
Tea-time
Few things have changed as much as the British appetite for tea. Tea consumption per person has fallen consistently since the early 1970s, plummeting from almost 68 grams per week in 1974 to only 25 grams per week in 2014, as shown in the chart at the bottom right. The plunge of more than 63 percent is one of the biggest among all beverages in the country. Only the consumption of malt drinks and coffee essences (whatever […]
Agreed to acquire
Spin Master Corp. – a leading global children’s entertainment company – today announced that it has agreed to acquire the Toca Boca and Sago Mini companies from the Bonnier Group of Sweden. So much work went into this. Very glad we are on the other side, and excited about the future of this amazing company. Spin Master announces the purchase of Toca Boca and Sago Mini, leading global kids mobile digital