Contents tagged with Edward Cone
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Extortion as a Service: Ransomware and the consumerization of IT crime
by Edward Cone We spoke with Dan Taylor, head of security for NHS Digital, not long before last week’s devastating ransomware attacks on England’s health service and many other organizations around … more
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Trump and technology
by Edward Cone If the most iconic American job ever is riding the range as a cowboy, then rolling down the highway as a long-haul trucker is somewhere on the short list. Now, 159 years after a … more
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More art imitating work
by Edward Cone
My first thought when I read Adrianna’s meditation on “an interpretive-dance performance about urban life, the daily grind, and an unhealthy attachment to technology& … more
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Uber has a people problem
by Edward Cone
Is it possible for a middle-aged white man with a good job to critique Uber drivers without sounding like a privileged jerk? Let’s find out!
Thesis: Uber relies too … more
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Dave Winer writes the missing chapter of Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold
by Edward Cone
I left a weekend showing of Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, Werner Herzog’s meditation on the internet era, thinking about this post and podcast by Dave … more
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Theranos, disrupted: The death and life of a buzzword
by Edward Cone
Disruption would not be a bad title for one of the many books and screenplays that will be written about Theranos.
You’ve got a company that was built to … more
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AI, Brexit, and the fungible lives fallacy
by Edward Cone
I look at Brexit and see some serious technology-induced pain coming.
We keep building complicated things (trade blocs, currency unions, computer-powered companies) without … more
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Survey quantifies your own sad reality
by Edward Cone and Adrianna Gregory
EC: One-third of workers say they use tech devices largely out of habit or compulsion, fear of missing out, or social pressure. The other two-thirds … more
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It’s hard to collaborate with someone who is desperate to avoid you
by Edward Cone
Look around your open-plan office. If you don’t see that one person known for talking too much over those pathetic little dividers, it’s probably you. (It’s … more
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Right but in the wrong line of work/riding the VR hype cycle
by Edward Cone
Hard for us to disagree with Farhad Manjoo when he says “Millennials aren’t real,” because that’s pretty much the party line around here.
But he also … more
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Vertigo. Fear. Empathy. Scoble is excited about VR and AR. Should you be excited too?
by Edward Cone
Robert Scoble built a durable media brand around his enthusiasm for technology, but he seems even more passionate than usual about virtual and augmented reality -- and this is a … more
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That potentially awkward moment when we talked about diversity
by Edward Cone
Hot-button social issues weren’t on the agenda when I spoke recently at an economic development luncheon in Hamilton County, Indiana.
Except, they kind of were. … more
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The next healthcare revolution depends on something the US really does not do well
by Edward Cone
Personalized medicine is happening in a big way as treatments tailored to individuals or small groups replace one-size-fits-all approaches.
Now if we can just figure out how … more
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A platform is not a brain (yet)
by Edward Cone
The New York Times has been covering Artificial Intelligence with a passion it usually reserves for real estate you can’t afford and musicals you’ll never see. … more
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AI passes Go but has no monopoly on intelligence
by Edward Cone
People love to anthropomorphize machines. Usually, that’s no problem. You might name your car and sweet-talk it all the way to the gas station when the fuel light goes on, … more
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Complexity laughs at your puny artificial intelligence
by Adrianna Gregory and Edward Cone
A high-wattage event at the New York Public Library this week focused on complex systems (e.g., living organisms, digital networks), our not-great ability … more
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Five things to think about before you write (or read) another dumb post about Millennials
by Edward Cone
“I got the award for not sucking as bad as last year” – Elijah Cone, circa 2005, upon receiving the Most Improved Player trophy for his middle- … more
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Personalized medicine, from sci fi to reality
by Edward Cone
Adrianna Gregory and I joined SAP’s Susan Rafizadeh and host Bonnie Graham on Game Changers radio to discuss progress toward the next phase of healthcare, in which … more
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Hurry up and succeed
by Edward Cone
“The future belongs to the fast,” said Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, during a panel discussion at last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, … more
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Don’t let yourself become obsolete
by Edward Cone
Released today: Stretch: How to Future-Proof Yourself for Tomorrow's Workplace, by Karie Willyerd and Barbara Mistick.
A core message of the book is that workers are at … more
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Hurry up and succeed
by Edward Cone
“The future belongs to the fast,” said Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, during a panel discussion at last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, … more
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Growing pains in the cloud
by Edward Cone
The early days of inflated expectations have given way to the reality of the hard work of implementation and day-to-day execution needed to realize the big payoffs promised. … more
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