Now is the Time to Build

Tim Berners-Lee released the World Wide Web to the public in 1991 The internet was pretty useless for most people in the world up until that point… It needed a killer app The World Wide Web was it Imagine being an adult in 1992 If you had knew the importance of the Internet you knew immediately that the World Wide Web would change everything and guess what? some 30 years later… it has changed everything for everyone...

May 14, 2024

How to compete in the age of AI

How can you build products and services of value in the age of AI? How can you compete in this market? You have to figure out a way to embed yourself deeply into the product or services you’re building People should want to use whatever you’re building, because they like you.

April 11, 2024

We Need to Design a Healthy Future

Men and women are growing further and further apart Relationships are at an all-time low Fewer and fewer people are having babies We need to consiously design a world that celebrates and encourages people to want to get into healthy long-term relationships and build a family (if they want to) Because guess what? Otherwise, our future is completely fucked

March 31, 2024

21 Century Problems

Living most of your lifespan in the 21st century? Me too! Here are 4 big things we are all going to have to contend with during this century: Artificial Intelligence Climate Change Threat of Nuclear War Population Collapse No pressure 😅

March 30, 2024

Change of Opinion

We need to normalize having a strong opinion this week and then getting new data and completely changing your opinion next week This is called being a human being No, there is nothing noble in having an opinion today and having the exact same opinion 10 years later That’s stupid

February 27, 2024

Expected Output

Let’s consider two people that are suppose to be doing the exact same thing at the same company: Johnny Coderson: 25 year old single programmer with no kids and no plans on having a family for the foreseeable future Jennifer Wiseman: 37 year old single mother with 3 kids who got divorced a year ago We live in a world, where the company expects these two people to have the exact same output...

February 27, 2024

Be Ok Being Misunderstood

Don’t be under the false impression That people around you should “understand” you In fact, you should always assume that people will misunderstand you Why? Because they are not you They don’t have all the: personal experiences data context insights that you have But don’t let that discourage you from doing what you’re doing Hopefully you have very good reasons for why you’re doing what you’re doing But remember that you will never be able to explain that to anyone...

February 27, 2024

No Kids? No Future

We need to create a future Where it’s much easier for men and women to decide to build a family with kids Right now, for most Millenials and Gen Z This is incredibly difficult Women feel like they will kill their careers if they have kids This is unacceptable I don’t know exactly how we do this But we have to Because otherwise our future looks grim and I’m perfectly aware that there are people out there that have no interest in having kid...

February 22, 2024

What does a NO mean?

What does a NO mean? (in a professional context) A “No” simply means this: We are saying no to hiring you right at this moment in time according to the data and context you have provided in your job application and the stalking we have done on you on Google, X, LinkedIn, etc Because it is not immediately clear to us that by hiring you we would be making a good decision...

February 20, 2024

Offending People Is the Worst Thing You Can Do Nowadays

We live in interesting times… We’re letting the feelings and emotions of sensitive 20 year olds (that are still discovering themselves) Guide public policy The worst thing you can do nowadays Is offend someone with your words and make a person outraged for 2 seconds What’s so bad about that? In fact, in my book that’s a great thing Being outraged is the first step Towards learning something new and foreign...

February 20, 2024