Who’s afraid of engineers
I often juxtapose engineering thinking and powerpoint thinking here. Two basic approaches to the world. The former is focused on solving problems, the latter on manipulating people. I believe that…
On technological optimism
Note that in the civilization circuits that undergo successful periods of success, optimism prevails. People are looking forward to the future, and especially looking forward to the future associated with…
Truthfulness
Donald Trump has hinted at the possibility that if the Panamanian government is too intransigent in negotiating the canal, the US military could sort it out. On the face of…
What cannot be replaced
“China has developed not just by building factories, but by building people who know how to buuild and work in factories. Work and meaning and profit cannot be separated,” says…
About engines and hypocrisy
Some European statesmen are ostentatiously fighting to postpone the ban on petrol engines for two years or three years or even five years. Is this of any use? Not in…
Musk’s Battle of Britain
Elon Musk has attacked the most sensitive place in the UK’s ruling class. As you may already know, he has come out publicly to demand an investigation into Prime Minister…