Richard Young
@richardyoung
Writer, editor, presenter. I write about business, finance, PM, AI, VC & PE, HR, IT. linkedin.com/in/businesswriter Anger is a compass not a map. If the only opinions you seek are those you already hate or those you already love, buzz off.
Rather good Sarah Ditum piece about why we can't just respond to a piece of art on its own terms any more. (I fear the same is true of historical events and interpretations...) sarahditum.substack.com/p/the-odysse...
I’m “I saw this exactly same thing happen with Facebook after its IPO” years old. (For the avoidance of doubt, I absolutely don’t think SpaceX is worth this much, and I hope I breaks Musk’s hold on his fanboys. And obvs the valuation and business are very different. But the glee? Identical.)
Edward IV, however. Solid. Yet more proof that York is better than Lancaster
Yeah, Tuchel's tactics turned out to be bad. But a quick reminder of other factors...
"You're asking me to do something I've been specifically ordered not to do!"
The FT has become my main paper since i paid the sub. I still have my Graun membership, but the FT is good in so many ways. The latest? Its crosswords are ideal for me (hard, but occasional completions), but as well as a decent app for the phone, you can download "as is" from the site. 10/10.
What a shambles. Three things strike me. 1. Classic "populists who slag off civil servants and 'experts' then catch the car" vibes. 2. It's precisely the kind of tick-box mentality they decry in govt - "well, yeah, we did celebrate the 250!" 3. Lame duck Trump is just even lazier and greedier:
Today's "lesson from history" comes courtesy of Gildas, who was bemoaning the Saxon invaders, but who seems to have nailed populism. I mean, I'm not saying Andy Burnham will end up being really unpopular and get dumped by MPs before the next election, but I'm not *not* saying it.
Every hometown's got the ominous megastructure, what's yours? (The village I grew up in not so much; the town where I went to school very much qualifies)
Phew what a scorcher! (Imagine what we could do if people could wrap their heads around proper solar arrays in the countryside...)
Single: Flight of Icarus, Iron Maiden. (Piece of Mind was first gig, too). Album: We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll, Black Sabbath. (Didn't know any better - band weren't even told this compilation existed - but a budget-friendly choice for the young teen.)
Am I wrong in thinking many style guides don't cap-up beyond the initial letter of a 'true' acronym - so Nato, Nasa, Unesco? <Checks old Economist Style guide...> Ah, no, not in all cases, only when there's an abbreviated wrod in the abbreviation. As you were.
Very cute to use an image of That Prick Musk as a Borg... 10/10, no notes.
Simpsons did him* as a Bond villain 30 (thirty) years ago. Catch up. (*Although Hank Scorpio was apparently modelled on Richard Branson - says the Simpsons wiki - I was pretty sure it was really Larry Ellison. And in a nod to their crystal ball, Scorpio even wielded a flame-thrower just like... 🤯)
Blimey. Matilda of Bavria (house of Wittelsbach), born in 1275, was the daughter of Duke Louis "the Strict" of Bavaria. She married Otto II, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg (house of Welf) in 1288. His nickname? Also "the Strict"! Gal can't get a break in the middle ages...
Well worth a read. When we're groping for adequate governance structures around AI, this kind of comment is actually really useful:
Spooky: I posted this yesterday. So is it also getting a downvote button?
This was a key point from Yuval Noah Harari in Sapiens, wasn't it? That every advancement on the Civ tech tree is basically making us less happy. He wrote that in 2011, so I guess this TikTok is a bit behind the curve... (I don't like this way of looking at evolution...)