The Poly Crisis and its Impact on the Office Technology Industry

The global pandemic has brought about major changes to the way we work, including the shift toward remote work. But it's not just remote work that has been impacted by the poly crisis - the office technology industry has also seen significant changes.

Here are three key highlights of the impact the poly crisis has had on office technology:

A "Polycrisis" is a concatenation of shocks that generate crises that trigger crises in other systems, making the combined effect far worse than the sum of its parts.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders' GOP Response to Biden's State of the Union: A Call for Change

In the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union Address, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivers a powerful speech highlighting the failures of the Biden administration. She calls for a reaffirmation of the timeless American idea of government serving the people and not ruling over them. 

The Creator of ChatGPT Thinks AI Should Be Regulated By John Simons

I answer the same questions asked of Mira Murati, the top tech chief at OpenAI.

John Simons at Time interviewed Mira Murati, chief technology officer at OpenAI, leading the teams behind DALL-E, which uses AI to create artwork based on prompts, and ChatGPT, the wildly popular AI chatbot that can answer complex questions with eerily humanlike skill.

“As with other revolutions that we’ve gone through, there will be new jobs and some jobs will be lost…” Murati told Trevor Noah last fall about the impact of AI, “but I’m optimistic.”

The writer had a prepared list of questions for the founder of ChatGPT.  I figured it would be interesting for me to answer the questions as though John were interviewing me, an average user of AI.

The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Improving Our Moral Judgment

Can AI Help Us Be Better People?

We've all heard the hype about AI revolutionizing the world, but what about revolutionizing ourselves? Can AI truly help us become better people? Jon Rueda, a Ph.D. candidate, and La Caixa INPhINIT Fellow at the University of Granada thinks so. In a recent article, he co-wrote with Bianca Rodriguez, they argue that AI can play a role in improving our moral judgment.

In their paper, Rueda and Rodriguez discuss the concept of an AI-based voice assistant, known as the Socratic assistant or SocrAI, which aims to help improve our reasoning and moral decision-making through dialogue. The idea is to emulate the Socratic method and provide guidance on complex moral issues without dictating what is good or bad. However,

What is a "Polycrisis" and Why You Should Care About It

The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released its “Global Risks Report 2023”, warning that eroding geopolitical cooperation will contribute to a potential "polycrisis" of interrelated environmental, geopolitical, and socioeconomic risks relating to the supply of and demand for natural resources. The term "polycrisis" was popularized by historian Adam Tooze and has become a buzzword in the world of business and finance. But what exactly is a "polycrisis" and why should you care about it?

A "Polycrisis" is a concatenation of shocks that generate crises that trigger crises in other systems, making the combined effect far worse than the sum of its parts. The notion of a "polycrisis" is based on the idea that the world is becoming increasingly interconnected and complex, making it vulnerable to an interconnected, complex global catastrophe.

Bureaucratic Incompetence: A Deliberate Sabotage or Just Human Failure?

As a writer, I have often gazed upon the intimidating maze of government and corporate entities that control our lives, and wondered what could be the root cause of their perplexing inefficiency. 

Is it due to the human failings of managers and executives, as the theory of The Peter Principle suggests? 

Or is it a result of something more insidious, a product of deliberate sabotage, as hinted at by the declassified Simple Sabotage Field Manual written by the CIA's precursor, the Office of Strategic Services? 

In this article, I delve into the latter possibility, exploring the timeless relevance of the manual's instructions and how they seem to mirror the dysfunctionality that plagues modern-day organizations. Brace yourself for a journey that will make you question the reality of bureaucracy and laugh ruefully at the same time.

Your House of Representatives, "Get Back To Work, You Filthy Animals."

The Future of Federal Work: #WFA vs. In-Office Work

See, I told you so, "How Long Until We See "Work from the office" mandates?".  

Two things: 

1. The bill will never be signed, and won't make it out of the House
2. Once again, the wording insults all of us who currently work from anywhere and those who recently found the #WFA movement more productive and fulfilling.

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