New Artisans

Two Boundaries.

Living Membranes and Production Lines

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November 2025

Leaders, Educators and Artisans

Leadership and Education are Crafts, not Skills

Nov 26 • 

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The benefit of getting lost.

What if we're using the wrong maps?

Nov 19 • 

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Gold, and Gold Plated

Something about performance under pressure.

Nov 13 • 

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October 2025

Have You Ever Thought of Yourself as a Luxury?

AI is turning you into one...

Oct 29 • 

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Artisans and Interpretation.

Right now, need perspective more than productivity,

Oct 22 • 

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The Hacker and the Artisan

A Meeting of Minds

Oct 15 • 

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Counterfeit Artisans

Brands as Potemkin Villages, and Hunger for the Real.

Oct 8 • 

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Equivalence

Originality does not scale

Oct 3 • 

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What Sort of Magic?

New Artisans and Technology.

Oct 1 • 

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September 2025

Hypotheses

A time for alchemy

Sep 24 • 

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The Company We Keep Matters

Chaos, Artisans, Heretics, and Alchemists.

Sep 17 • 

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