by John Macdonald | Apr 20, 2025 | The250
We can debate whether ambition is a virtue or a vice. However, the person, team, institution, or nation with the ambition will beat the ones without. Every time. Ambition is fuel. It doesn’t ask for permission. It doesn’t wait for you to catch your breath....
by John Macdonald | Apr 19, 2025 | The250
One of the hopes for AI is that it can help us do more of the work we want to do and less of the work we don’t want to do. The question is: What kind of work do we want to do? It’s easy to answer with clichés. Work that’s creative. Work that’s...
by John Macdonald | Apr 18, 2025 | The250
Here’s a cool little experiment that the people at The Hustle did: they used AI to replace the CEOs at several companies and compared what AI would do to what they actually did. Same company. Same data. Same market conditions. It’s a fun...
by John Macdonald | Apr 17, 2025 | The250
I’m wordy. Especially when I’m thinking and talking at the same time. That’s a recipe for disaster. So I ramble. And I can see the eyes glazing over. I’m much better when I can dump it all out of my head, roll it around, experiment, and...
by John Macdonald | Apr 16, 2025 | The250
De-extinction. Should we be doing this? We’ve brought dire wolves back to life. What’s next? Wolly mammoths and saber tooth tigers? Soon, it’s Jurassic Park. Science and technology are wonderful engines that move us forward. On one...
by John Macdonald | Apr 15, 2025 | The250
AI is probably better at grammar than you but has no idea what to write about.AI is probably better at Python syntax than you but has no idea what the application should do.AI is probably better at Excel formulas than you but has no idea why it needs a spreadsheet.AI...
