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Occasional Musings
by Murali Jayapala
[NYT: 2016] What was the greatest era of innovation?
An interesting article in NYT..
“We thought a better way to understand the significance of technological change would be to walk through how Americans lived, ate, traveled, and clothed and entertained themselves in 1870, 1920, 1970 and the present [2016]. This tour is both inspired by and reliant on Robert J. Gordon’s authoritative examination of innovation through the ages, “The Rise and Fall of American Growth,” published this year. These are portraits of each point in time, culled from Mr. Gordon’s research; you can decide for yourself which era is truly most transformative.”
NYT: [The link]
[2015] Collection of fountain pens
Fountain pens Left2Right
- Waterman Hemisphere [F]
- Lamy Safari [F]
- Montblanc LeGrand (146) [EF]
- Waterman Expert [F]
- Cross Townsend [F]
- Gama Eyas Ebonite [F]
- Gama Popular Ebonite [F]
- Jinhao X450 Black [M]
- Jinhao X450 Deep Red [M]
- Lanbitou 865 [F]
- Baoer 388 Marble Blue [M]
- Hero329 Red [F]
- Parker Frontier Black [F]
- Pelikan Gallery Getaway [M]
[The verge] Current state of tech industry hypes [2014]
A nice article summarizing (from Verge/Gartner) the tech life cycle of various ideas floating around.
More of this here: [The Verge]
[seth godin] 3 ways to deal with future: accuracy, resilience and denial
Accuracy is the most rewarding way to deal with what will happen tomorrow–if you predict correctly. Accuracy rewards those that put all their bets on one possible outcome. The thing is, accuracy requires either a significant investment of time and money, or inside information (or luck, but that’s a different game entirely). Without a reason to believe that you’ve got better information than everyone else, it’s hard to see how you can be confident that this is a smart bet.
Resilience is the best strategy for those realistic enough to admit that they can’t predict the future with more accuracy than others. Resilience isn’t a bet on one outcome, instead, it’s an investment across a range of possible outcomes, a way to ensure that regardless of what actually occurs (within the range), you’ll do fine.
And denial, of course, is the strategy of assuming that the future will be just like today.
More of this here: [The Link]