Two Banks Gave Cheques 30 or 40 Years. Most of Us Stopped Long Before.
Two large banks once told me the end of cheques was 30 or 40 years away, if ever. The government’s end date is 2030. Most of us had already stopped.
Twenty Years, 1,700 Interviews and a Few Calls I’d Like Back
I went back and listened to twenty years of me on the radio: about 1,700 interviews on forty-odd stations, from Bourke to Hong Kong. Here are the calls I got right, the ones I’d like back, and the new podcast, Then and Now, that plays them one year at a time.
Data Centres Are Being Built Because We Asked for Them
Every photo you’ve never deleted sits in a data centre somewhere. Australia’s data centres use about 3% of the main grid’s electricity now and could reach 13% within a decade. On RTHK Radio 3 I said they’re being built because we asked for them, and some regional towns might want to put their hand up.
Most of Us Stop at the First Ripple
Most of us stop at the first ripple. Here’s second-order thinking in plain words, and a free worksheet to follow one change three ripples out.
Where Does a Business Learn Now?
AI is thinning the junior rung and the middle-manager rung at the same time. So where does a business learn its judgement now, and who’s going to pay for it?
Funeral Homes, Shrimp Farms and Unpaid Invoices: Where AI Agents Are Really Working
Forbes has listed twenty AI agents doing real work: a funeral home’s after-hours calls, shrimp farms, unpaid invoices. What they tell us, and what to do this week.
