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Copy and paste
Copy and paste is probably the most impactful productivity tool in the modern workplace. This simple, elegant solution has prevented millions of hours…
Nov 27, 2022
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Perpetual motion machines
Bhāskara II was a smart man. He has been called the greatest mathematician of medieval India. Also known as Bhāskarāchārya, he reached an understanding…
Nov 13, 2022
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A clockwork butterfly
Sitting beside the crossroads of technology and humanity, watching it all go by
Dec 4, 2022
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The soft power of civil society
The North Wind and the Sun had a difference of opinion. The North Wind boasted of great strength. But the Sun argued that there was power in gentleness…
Nov 20, 2022
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Down with dogmatism
There was once a old farmer who had spent many years tending his crops. One day, his horse broke the fence and ran away. The neighbouring farmers said…
Oct 23, 2022
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Building cathedrals
Ernst Friedrich Zwirner and Richard Voigtel had a difficult job to do. They were architects and they were designing a cathedral that was to become the…
Aug 14, 2022
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In search of the perfect potato
What happens when platforms replace pipelines and the promise of getting what you want.
Jun 19, 2022
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What happens when we stop telling stories?
When introducing the iPhone in 2007, Steve Jobs referred to it as a revolutionary product that would change everything. He was more right than he knew…
May 8, 2022
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Will technology create a better future?
“I really do believe when ingenuity gets involved, when invention gets involved, when people get determined and when passion comes out, when they make…
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How complex systems succeed
Dr. Richard Cook was a system safety researcher. He researched and wrote about how complex systems fail. The kinds of systems he looked at were things…
Nov 6, 2022
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Are you a digital native or a digital immigrant?
If you were born before the year 2000 you might remember TV only showing programmes on a schedule, maybe you dialled numbers into a phone to make a…
Jul 24, 2022
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The coastline paradox
Greenland is the largest island in the world. Its rugged coastline is also one of the longest in the world at an estimated length of roughly the same as…
Sep 4, 2022
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