by John Macdonald | Jun 12, 2025 | The250
Despite some rumors, your Costco ID will NOT work at the airport. The Costco card indicates you’re part of that club, but that club doesn’t carry any weight at the airport. We all carry various physical, intellectual, and emotional membership IDs. The key... by John Macdonald | Jun 11, 2025 | The250
Deep down, we know what the real work is. The phone call. Reworking the pitch for the umpteenth time. Redoing the research and the numbers. The thing that might not work. But we don’t do it. Not right away. Instead, we clean our desk.We tinker with the fonts and... by John Macdonald | Jun 10, 2025 | AI, The250
I live about 70 miles east of the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. It’s been shuttered since 2019. “Exelon announced in 2017 that it would shut down Three Mile Island Unit 1 unless the state stepped in with a financial rescue of... by John Macdonald | Jun 9, 2025 | The250
You easily recognize the size of some decisions. Marriage is easily recognized as big. Renting an apartment you’d probably call medium. And where you’ll eat lunch you wouldn’t think much about. In the moment, or the lead-up to the moment, you may... by John Macdonald | Jun 8, 2025 | The250
It seems there is a pretend work trend in China. “Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory... by John Macdonald | Jun 7, 2025 | AI, The250
I’m generally an AI optimist here. Maybe an apologist also. But I recognize some of the dangers, the biggest of which is the incentives we give it. What if the incentives are malevolent? Fakers have been around for hundreds of years. Forgers,...