Yesterday I wrote about why leaders needs to translate and absorb complexity if we want better functioning organisations and societies. annaloverus.com/the-collecti...
15.12.2025 10:04
👍 1
🔁 0
💬 0
📌 0
Yesterday I wrote about why leaders needs to translate and absorb complexity if we want better functioning organisations and societies. annaloverus.com/the-collecti...
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Wrote a Sunday newsletter about the changes to the US National Security Strategy, how it will impact all of us, and what we might do to make things better.
annaloverus.com/what-the-us-...
"Great technology does more than solve problems. It weaves itself into the world we inhabit."
Sure. But the same is true for the most vile or broken technology.
thinking back to when Facebook launched its Oversight Board in 2020—a transparent move to defuse crises on its own terms, a fig leaf to evade external audits and appeal to the technocrats.
"Self-regulating" trillion dollar company is now a model for AI firms to playact as their worst critics.
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Zillow, the country’s largest real estate listings site, has quietly removed a feature that showed the risks from extreme weather for more than one million home sale listings on its site.
Late newsletter today, writing about why early adoption is the wrong focus when it comes to AI. annaloverus.com/why-we-shoul...
Big (military) mobility news from Finland:
Finland starts working on changing the railway gauge to the European standard, instead of the current one that is a legacy of Finland’s 100 years as part of the Russian empire
Devastating stories of climate change -induced water shortages in the (Once)Fertile Crescent podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
#RSFIndex2025 |Sverige 🇸🇪har passerats av Estland och Nederländerna i årets pressfrihetsindex och ligger på plats 4. Medieklimatet har försämrats här: redaktioner gör stora uppsägningar, public service drabbas av besparingar, näthat mot journalister ökar och vi ser politiska attacker mot medier.
"We used to consider it a low probability high impact risk, so less than 10% chance of this happening... now we don't consider it low probability anymore, unfortunately. I would say it's almost 50:50 that it will reach this tipping point in the next decades, depending on what we do to emissions"
I don't think people realise the barrier of entry for creating non-consensual deepfake nudes is effectively zero - Commissioner calls for ban on apps that make deepfake nude images of children
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I loved this interview with Isabel Allende. open.spotify.com/episode/5ece...
The fact that we are moving towards a world where we’re all upset at fake events and ideas feels like such a waste of human potential.
Over the past decade, platforms like Airbnb and Turo have made it simple for people to earn extra cash by renting out their spare bedrooms or cars—but what about a pair of jeans or a lawn mower?
It turns out, there’s a market for that stuff too.
Free business idea:
Help European tech startups build strong, standout brands.
I was browsing european-alternatives.eu/alternative-... and noticed how so many startups still look… dated at best, and downright unprofessional at worst.
She died in binary. That’s dedication. RIP.
Is there a name for when you decide to do what you said you would never do, because your parents do it, and you didn't want to be like them?
The FCC received 125 complaints about Kendrick Lamar’s concert, according to public records obtained by WIRED, with many focusing on the lack of white performers. @alanayzola.com has more.
Read the full story by @davidgilbert.bsky.social here: www.wired.com/story/super-...
Heading to London next weekend together with an 8-year old. What should we do?
We've just published this detailed video investigation into Israeli military attacks on journalists working with drones in Gaza.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLbv...
Make significant changes to your life and keep the friends who say, “I’m so proud of you”.
"Hey Alexa, are you recording this?"
Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
I just got called by an AI agent from a SaaS company. I feel increasingly that technology is digging its own hole.
My only wish is for people who design keynote templates to understand what a scatterplot is.
Jag såg till att börja betala dem pga så bra!
After not singing for years I’m back with two choirs this spring. So much fun!
Lärde mig i veckan att SR har en policy att de inte får använda syntetisk röst. Tyckte det kändes bra.
