Devin Fidler
@devinfidler.bsky.social
Exploring the future of organizations, innovation, and systems design.
Futurist.
Our legacy organizations can best be understood as a technology in the throes of disruption.
Futurist.
Our legacy organizations can best be understood as a technology in the throes of disruption.
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Devin Fidler
@devinfidler.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Aligning Our New Technologies Will Require a New Institutionalism
The current conversation around AI “alignment problems” is not broad enough. To maximize the positive impact of these new tools, we will not only have to address the problems of “super intelligence,”…
medium.com
Our whole approach to innovation needs some innovation
February 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Our whole approach to innovation needs some innovation
This was a surprisingly prescient view of the capabilities AI is going to need to successfully navigate the minefield of potential vicious cycles ahead.
January 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This was a surprisingly prescient view of the capabilities AI is going to need to successfully navigate the minefield of potential vicious cycles ahead.
The biggest finding from a quarter century of networked politics:
We are not great at designing systems for networked politics.
We are not great at designing systems for networked politics.
January 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The biggest finding from a quarter century of networked politics:
We are not great at designing systems for networked politics.
We are not great at designing systems for networked politics.
It's pretty simple:
The best way to prepare for coming AI disruptions is by building up our institutional shock absorbers.
The best way to prepare for coming AI disruptions is by building up our institutional shock absorbers.
January 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's pretty simple:
The best way to prepare for coming AI disruptions is by building up our institutional shock absorbers.
The best way to prepare for coming AI disruptions is by building up our institutional shock absorbers.
Reposted by Devin Fidler
One of the (many) odd things about cryptocurrency is that it has somehow managed to maintain an image as something futuristic when it’s actually ancient in tech years: Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, which still accounts for more than half of the total crypto market cap, is 15 years old.
Crypto is for Criming
It’s not digital gold — it’s digital Benjamins
substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:52 PM
One of the (many) odd things about cryptocurrency is that it has somehow managed to maintain an image as something futuristic when it’s actually ancient in tech years: Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, which still accounts for more than half of the total crypto market cap, is 15 years old.
Tired: “Taxpayers”
Wired: “Bagholders”
Wired: “Bagholders”
December 15, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Tired: “Taxpayers”
Wired: “Bagholders”
Wired: “Bagholders”
There are a lot of underlying assumptions built into mainstream economics that may or may not be true anymore.
December 12, 2024 at 7:57 PM
There are a lot of underlying assumptions built into mainstream economics that may or may not be true anymore.
Social foundations are integral to tech.
Functionally, the layers of the digital stack extend below hardware/machine language into culture/institutions etc.
It is possible to topple the whole Jenga tower by overwhelming these foundation layers. They need to be patched and upgraded like the rest
Functionally, the layers of the digital stack extend below hardware/machine language into culture/institutions etc.
It is possible to topple the whole Jenga tower by overwhelming these foundation layers. They need to be patched and upgraded like the rest
December 6, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Social foundations are integral to tech.
Functionally, the layers of the digital stack extend below hardware/machine language into culture/institutions etc.
It is possible to topple the whole Jenga tower by overwhelming these foundation layers. They need to be patched and upgraded like the rest
Functionally, the layers of the digital stack extend below hardware/machine language into culture/institutions etc.
It is possible to topple the whole Jenga tower by overwhelming these foundation layers. They need to be patched and upgraded like the rest
Stabilize the eschaton
December 5, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Stabilize the eschaton
Reposted by Devin Fidler
Oof! Talk about exploiting an “inherent design flaw”. Anticipate more instances like this as human interaction with robotics become the norm #WatchThisSpace
Yeah literally anyone who has ever actually spent even five minutes with the cyberpunk genre should have been able to predict this.
December 3, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Oof! Talk about exploiting an “inherent design flaw”. Anticipate more instances like this as human interaction with robotics become the norm #WatchThisSpace
One strange consequence of living in periods of change:
Excellent paradigm selection will generally beat excellent execution.
Excellent paradigm selection will generally beat excellent execution.
November 29, 2024 at 4:34 PM
One strange consequence of living in periods of change:
Excellent paradigm selection will generally beat excellent execution.
Excellent paradigm selection will generally beat excellent execution.
ChatGPT and Claude are much too eager to please.
Is there a simple way to tone it down a bit without repeatedly asking every few minutes?
Is there a simple way to tone it down a bit without repeatedly asking every few minutes?
November 22, 2024 at 8:51 PM
ChatGPT and Claude are much too eager to please.
Is there a simple way to tone it down a bit without repeatedly asking every few minutes?
Is there a simple way to tone it down a bit without repeatedly asking every few minutes?
The Starter Packs are a really neat innovation.
They feel like a small but genuine step toward unlocking new kinds of collective intelligence.
They feel like a small but genuine step toward unlocking new kinds of collective intelligence.
November 21, 2024 at 7:24 PM
The Starter Packs are a really neat innovation.
They feel like a small but genuine step toward unlocking new kinds of collective intelligence.
They feel like a small but genuine step toward unlocking new kinds of collective intelligence.