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Article — 4 February 2025 — 1,406 words

There’s no such thing as a technology problem

Business — Social science — Society — Technology — Web

Abstract illustration of a road heading towards a cliff edge

Information has become the forgotten half in “information technology”. Tech companies are struggling because they aren’t focusing on the human problems they need to solve.

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Linknote — 13 December 2017 — 64 words

Social science

Debunking the myth of the 10,000-hours rule: What it actually takes to reach genius-level excellence

The 10,000 hour rule has obviously always been more complicated than that — not least because you would have to be mad to spend 10,000 hours on something you’re not very good at. This article outlines some of the nuances behind what it takes to become great at what you do.

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