by John Macdonald | Mar 23, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
I’ve hit my thumb with a hammer at least 15939 times. This tells me a few things about myself. One, maybe I’m not careful enough. Two, maybe I’m not good enough. Three, maybe I’m not a professional. Four, maybe I like pain. Five, maybe I like attention. Six, maybe I’m... by John Macdonald | Mar 22, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
You’re standing at the bottom looking up. It’s large. It’s daunting. You can see dense shrubbery, boulders, and crevasses along the path. Actually, what path? You can’t see the top. What lies up there? Will it be better than down here? Will you get hurt trying to get... by John Macdonald | Mar 21, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
What would you do if you just… Got an unexpected promotion? Received unexpected, great news from the doctor? Got an unexpected $5000 bonus? Got laid off? Received unexpected, terrible news from the doctor? Got an unexpected $5000 bill? It depends on how... by John Macdonald | Mar 20, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
One way to think about technology is that its purpose is to solve problems of scarcity. More and easier access to something we need or want. Once the scarcity is solved, tech inevitably leads to abundance, and abundance leads to faster, better, cheaper. And we as... by John Macdonald | Mar 19, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
What is AGI? Many conversations center around scale as the missing ingredient. More chips. More parameters. More training data. More power. More scale gets us closer to human. Maybe, eventually, to human (or even better than human). I’m not so sure. Does capability... by John Macdonald | Mar 16, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, The250
I’m in deep on AI. Inside the bubble. Lost in the weeds. Too close to it. It’s hard for me to now see the world as those who aren’t. That’s the curse. A problem, but it can also be useful. Because once you’re aware, it’s a reminder that expertise isn’t just knowing...