06 2025 May
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: The Algorithm by Hilke Schellmann
Imagine a future where an algorithm reads everything from your facial expressions during an interview to everything you have ever shared on social media in...
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The Complex Reality of “Girlbosses” In Space
This week the first all-female crew for a “manned” spaceflight headed to space—for ten minutes—on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. One of the passengers was...
Read Now18 2025 April
3 Powerful Talks from TED This Week That Are Already Available Live to Watch
The TED conference took place this past week and some of the talks have already been released. While most of the year the TED social...
Read Now16 2025 April
The Beautiful and Destructive Potential of Using VR on Prisoners in Jail
This week there were a few stories of questionably ethical uses for virtual reality headsets that raised some new questions about how it can and...
Read Now10 2025 April
The Backstory of How Dubai’s Museum of the Future Was Imagined Is Worth Reading
Thirty percent of the visitors to the Museum of the Future in Dubai have never been to a museum before. That’s just one of the...
Read Now27 2025 March
Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant Is Exactly What Anyone in Business Really Needs
This past month Adobe launched a super useful enhancement that I’ve been testing it for a bit. The Adobe AI Assistant has a number of...
Read Now20 2025 March
Unnecessary Enhancement and the Upscaling Backlash Against Netflix
What if everything doesn’t need to be better? A series of 80s shows originally released at a 4:3 aspect ratio and with non-HD level filming have been...
Read Now05 2025 March
The Subtle Master Plan Behind De Beers New DiamondProof In-Store Verification Device
A little over six months ago, De Beers Group announced the DiamondProof “diamond verification instrument” at a jewelry trade show in Las Vegas. The idea was that...
Read Now19 2025 February
The Secret of Startup Success Might Be Who Is Willing to Lose Money the Longest
Amazon, Spotify, Netflix, Uber … all dominant players in their industry. What if the secret to their success is just that they were all willing...
Read Now03 2025 February
The Revolution of Self Driving Cars Is Not Going to Be Easy
Would you leave a tip for your driverless taxi? This past week a security researcher named Jane Wong shared leaked screenshots apparently showing the autonomous taxi service...
Read Now31 2025 January
The Stories Within the Story About Why DeepSeek AI Is Such a Big Deal
The big AI news of the week was Chinese startup DeepSeek releasing their AI model which seemingly offers similar functionality to ChatGPT. The news has apparently shocked...
Read Now29 2025 January
The Non-Obvious Media Recommendation of the Week: Dubai Future Foundation
One of the most forward-looking nations invests heavily in future planning, and much of their planning, research, insights and project efforts are all published freely...
Read Now14 2025 January
The Non-Obvious Media Platform of the Week: Shelly Palmer Blog
Rather than sharing a book recommendation this week, I wanted to switch it up and share a media source that’s particularly timely right now. If...
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