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Review: Incorruptible
Review of Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad... and How Great Companies Stay Great by Eric Ries
Sep 29
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Sami Makelainen
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Which skills, exactly?
We increasingly acknowledge the risk of cognitive degradation resulting from over-reliance on AI. We also recognise humans will need to retain some…
Sep 24
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Sami Makelainen
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Be Hard on Systems, but Soft on People
A useful principle to apply from cults to mobile operators. Part 2 of how technology earns the right to disappear.
Sep 17
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Sami Makelainen
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In Praise of Boring Productivity Tools
The non-AI tools that will actually improve your productivity
Sep 9
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Sami Makelainen
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August 2026
Review: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
Review: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think Artificial Intelligence Before It’s Too Late by Cory Doctorow
Aug 29
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Sami Makelainen
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Review: The Invisible Doctrine
Review of The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life) by George Monbiot & Peter Hutchison
Aug 20
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Sami Makelainen
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The Micromanager's Revenge
Part 1: Why your best delegators are about to become your worst AI managers
Aug 13
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Sami Makelainen
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In Your Face, Behind Your Back
The two places technology goes without asking. Part 1 of 2.
Aug 11
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Sami Makelainen
Review: Alone in Japan
Review of Alone in Japan: A Journey to the Future by Tom Feiling
Aug 7
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Sami Makelainen
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AI Productivity Tip of the Year: Buy Better Microphones
On my desk sits an Apogee MiC+, a studio-grade USB condenser I bought during COVID.
Aug 1
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Sami Makelainen
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July 2026
Review: Speed
Review of Speed: How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
Jul 26
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Sami Makelainen
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The Bad AI Neighbors Are a Choice
I’m going to try something different with this post, and try to be on the good side of Churchill’s famous “I would have written a shorter letter but I…
Jul 25
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Sami Makelainen
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