No idea is that dumb*

Some ideas intuitively makes sense. Other ideas seem just about the most stupid thing, you have ever heard of. Yet, while the former can go on and become a viable idea, the dumb idea more often than not end up making a killing. Andrew Chen calls it "The Dumb Idea Paradox". I would just suffice… Continue reading No idea is that dumb*

Fixing from the outside

When you start looking at problems in the world, one of the interesting indicators of a problem is to look at the number of people trying to solve problems within a sector outside of the established system. Personally, I find it mindblowing to read that a survey done across a number of countries from 2010-2015… Continue reading Fixing from the outside

Understand the machine

Launching an entirely new research area into machine behaviour as suggested by MIT Media Lab seems like an obvious good idea. Because the more we leave to machines, the better we need to understand the decisions those machines make, the rationale behind them and the impact they will have on our outcomes. Forcing ourselves to… Continue reading Understand the machine

Always look under the hood

The more you think you know about something, the more you should push yourself to look under the hood. There is always something there that annoys your view of the problem. Something that doesn't fit. But that something adds valuable perspective to what you're working on, and more often than not it can be the… Continue reading Always look under the hood