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Jony Made a Button
TLDR: Jony Ive’s design agency LoveFrom has reimagined the humble button for Moncler, once again proving that for Sir Jony, everything is up for reinterpretation. It’s a reminder that innovation often lies in refining the familiar, not just inventing the…
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Can Crypto, China cause Dollardrums?
Link: The Changing Role of the U.S. Dollar / Brookings TLDR: Whether it’s sanctions overuse, U.S. political dysfunction or crypto-led fintech innovations, the dollar can’t take its preeminence for granted anymore. Key Points: My Thoughts: More than military dominance, the U.S. dollar has been the key instrument for America’s global dominance. It remains so, but it will increasingly come…
Latest Essays
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Google’s Real Googly. No Not The Anti-Trust!
What does Afghan spin bowler Rashid Khan have to do with Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Yahoo? Well, it’s all neatly wrapped in my 3,500-word essay on the big changes in the tech landscape — and no, the antitrust actions have…
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Why (& How) IPL Could Save Test Cricket
Marylebone Cricket Club, one of cricket’s august organizations, recently organized World Cricket Connects, a symposium about the future of a sport that — like so many things — finds itself caught between tradition and tomorrow. Test cricket, the traditional form…
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The Future of Writing: How AI Will Reshape Our Tools
Earlier this morning while reading The Wall Street Journal, I learned that Bruce Bastian, co-creator of WordPerfect, the word-processing software, had died at 76. His life was consequential, as his obituary so eloquently elaborates. I haven’t thought of WordPerfect for…
Latest Podcast
The GeoPolitical Implications of A.I. – a chat with Sean Gourley – Stuck @Om
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The buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) and its wide-ranging impact is inescapable. But beyond industry disruption, what significant effects does this groundbreaking technology hold…
Latest Photography
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The iPhone Content Machine: A Visual Essay
Apple’s iPhone 16 launch event differed greatly from most of its past events. It was larger and more overwhelming. There were fewer familiar faces among the attendees, and there was also a new type of attendee — content creators. They were busy filing short bursts of information to their followers in vertical formats: videos, selfies …