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title: A handful of articles (7 March 2025)
date: 2025-03-07T15:13:50.700Z
slug: 2025-03-07-a-handful-of-articles
author: Thomas Wilson

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> These tools can generate almost effortless outputs. They unburden us from the abrasion of creativity and their generic-by-design results keep us cocooned from the risks of standing out. No one wants to make ‘ugly’ art, or a ‘bad’ website. But struggling and making mistakes is an important part of developing skills and – increasingly important – finding your own voice.

– "[The Lo-Fi Art and Human Tools Era](https://pketh.org/the-human-tools-era.html)" by Pirijan @ pketh.org.  

> As a result, my experience is that executives have an easier time doing strategy, but a much harder time learning how to do strategy well, and fewer protections to avoid serious mistakes. Further, the consequences of an executive’s poor strategy tend to be much further reaching than an engineer’s. Waiting to do strategy until you are an executive is a recipe for disaster, even if it looks easier from a distance.

– "[Who Gets to do Strategy?](https://lethain.com/who-gets-to-do-strategy/)" by Will Larson @ lethain.com

> This whole process is even better when it’s flipped on its head! When I see 6 people huddled together with the tallest person in the bunch awkwardly extending a phone to the sky, I interject and ask if I can take their photo. They always say no. I insist. They relent. I take their photos. I count down: 3! 2! 1! but they don’t know the entire time I’m firing off as many photos as I possibly can (film’s cheap these days). I hand the phone back. I leave the group huddled around a phone reviewing the photos. I watch their smiles and walk away with a smile on my face.

– "[Buy the Overpriced Tourist Photo](https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/buy-the-overpriced-tourist-photos/)" by Brad Frost @ bradfrost.com


> [R]evenue is not the same thing as profit, and Microsoft does not have an "artificial intelligence" part of its earnings. These numbers are cherry-picked from across the entire suite of Microsoft products — such as selling Copilot add-ons to its Microsoft 365 enterprise suite (The Information reported in September 2024 that Microsoft had only sold Copilot to around 1% of their 365 customers)… The fact that neither Gemini nor Copilot has any meaningful consumer penetration isn't just a joke. It should be sending alarm bells throughout Wall Street. While Microsoft and Google may make money outside of consumer software, both companies have desperately tried to cram Copilot and Gemini down consumers' throats, and they have categorically, unquestionably failed, all while burning billions of dollars to do so.

– "[There is no AI Revolution](https://www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-money/)" by Edward Zitron @ wheresyoured.at  