Monthly Archives: November 2009

The Importance of Selective Importance

Bob Sutton quoting Bill Vlasic quoting Terry Woychowski about bureaucratic and measurement inflation at GM: “But as soon as everything is important, nothing is important.” That quote applies to pretty much any area of life. Like money, priorities and importance can be devalued through inflation. Plan, measure, and react accordingly.

Book Review: Accelerando

I just finished reading Accelerando by Charles Stross for the second time. It’s a scifi novel which starts in the near-future with the first hints of computers augmenting man’s intelligence.  The Singularity draws near as man becomes more integrated with machine  – posthumans are born.  Well, not born, more like evolved.  Humans and intelligence change more [...]