by John Macdonald | Jul 14, 2026 | Human, The250
Is it the job or is it the people who work there? It’s the people who work there. Is it the neighborhood or is it the people who live there? It’s the people who live there. Is it the theology or is it the people in the pews? It’s the people in the pews. It’s the... by John Macdonald | Jul 13, 2026 | AI, Leadership, Technology, The250
“The longer something has survived, the longer it will keep surviving.” The Lindy Effect comes from a 1964 article by Albert Goldman titled “Lindy’s Law,” which described an observation he made about show business, but has been broadened to life in general first by... by John Macdonald | Jul 12, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate its effect in the long run.” The wording itself is a paraphrased amalgamation of ideas from Roy Amara, an American futurist and researcher during the 1960s and 70s. The internet is... by John Macdonald | Jul 11, 2026 | Leadership, Technology, The250
“Organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structures.” This rule comes from a 1968 paper by Melvin Conway about “How Do Committees Invent?” Basically, look at your current organizational structure. Your product’s architecture will likely follow... by John Macdonald | Jul 10, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
Calculators didn’t wipe out jobs. Neither did computers. At least not in the toggle-switch way that people talk about AI. But they did affect jobs and how people do their jobs. We used to employ rooms full of people to hand-calculate complex equations. We also used to...