Jevons Paradox: Perhaps Not a Paradox After All
The Jevons Paradox says efficiency makes us use more, not less. Eli Amdur asks whether it’s a paradox at all, and what it means for AI.
Nicolaus Copernicus: Father of the Scientific Revolution
Nicolaus Copernicus, father of the scientific revolution, proved heliocentrism and held his book hours before he died. A Vantage Point episode.
Alliances Are More Important Than Ever: From the Hanseatic League to NATO and BRICS
From the Hanseatic League to NATO and BRICS, Eli Amdur makes the case for why alliances matter more than ever. Strength in numbers, by the numbers.
Dialogue Deficiency: The World’s Most Insidious Disease
Eli Amdur argues dialogue deficiency may be the most dangerous global crisis. From Plato to Gingrich, here’s why real dialogue is vanishing.
How the Ancient Greeks Educated Me
Ancient Greek education and its three pillars shaped a 1950s American classroom. Eli Amdur on holistic learning and the decline of critical thinking.
The Critical Decline of Critical Thinking (and the 10 Forms Every Thinker Should Know)
Eli Amdur on what critical thinking really is, why it’s declining in the age of AI, and the question we keep skipping: not could we, but should we.
AI: The Rock-Solid Case For Oversight and Accountability
By Eli Amdur Sometimes, all you have to see is one small event, example, or case, and the big picture comes into compelling focus. A report by Kashmir Hill and Tiffany Hsu (New York Times, 6/9/24) is convincingly about one of those times. According to the account by Hill and Hsu, “a fly-by-night journalism outlet…
A Priceless Business Leadership Lesson From The Grateful Dead
By Eli Amdur Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead’s singularly iconic and beloved bassist, died last week at age 84. He was a beautiful musician, a wonderful man, a sweet soul. He also – through his identifiably unique approach to his instrument and how it becomes so integral to the band’s creative development – exemplified more…
The One Trouble Spot In An Otherwise Great Job Market
By Eli Amdur This is the greatest job market we’ve ever had. While we’re at it, let’s add a few adjectives: strongest, most consistent, most robust, most resilient, most inclusive, and so on. And you don’t have to worry about engaging in hyperbole. This job market is – and has been for the past four…
“You’re Not Thinking. You’re Just Being Logical.”
By Eli Amdur Today, Oct 7, is the date in 1885 when Niels Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Business Leadership Lessons From Non-Business Sources I have always found great inspiration in my business leadership positions from people outside of business, especially those for whom profit was not a motive. One of them was Neils…