Babel 2001 is a large-scale sculptural installation that takes the form of a circular tower made from hundreds of second-hand analogue radios that the artist has stacked in layers. The radios are tuned to a multitude of different stations and are adjusted to the minimum volume at which they are audible. Nevertheless, they compete with each other and create a cacophony of low, continuous sound, resulting in inaccessible information, voices or music.
“Barely a day goes by without excitement about artificial intelligence (ai) sending another company’s market value through the roof. Earlier this month the share price of Dell, a hardware manufacturer, jumped by over 30% in a day because of hopes that the technology will boost sales.”
"One 2019 paper found that consumer prices in the U.S. for goods fell 2% for every extra percentage point of market share grabbed by Chinese imports, with the biggest benefits felt by people on low and middle incomes."
"But even building better hardware may not be enough. Nvidia dominates ai chipmaking because it offers the best chips, the best networking kit and the best software. Any competitor hoping to displace the semiconductor behemoth will need to beat it in all three areas. That will be a tall order."
“The problem with overstuffed to-do lists isn’t just the total time required to execute their contents, but the fact that each new commitment generates its own ongoing administrative demands—emails, chats, check-in calls, “quick” meetings. That’s the overhead tax. Before long, knowledge workers find themselves spending the bulk of their time talking about work instead of actually doing it.”
Nimbus One right next to Posche, Audi and BWM.
We are now in a time of product experimentation and exploration as companies search for the next breakout personal technology product.
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“Organizations must stop conflating activity with achievement.” - Adam Waytz
“Conventional wisdom tells us the technology boom is over. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sent a chill through the investment community, and the tech sector has seen a correction as interest rates have risen. But I’d argue we may be about to enter a new golden age of technological innovation and investment. The difference is that this time around, it won’t be about consumers, but industry.”
GBA’s Gregor Berkowitz leading training rides for the PresencePG AIDS/Life team.
https://presencepg.com/journal/presences-aids-lifecycle-team-is-cycling-for-a-cause
We idolize founders with brilliant ideas, but triumph often results from business savvy combined with imagination.
Supplies of goods are coming up short in the pandemic, and prices have jumped. Some economists warn that the changes could linger.
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