It's Just A Model

It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.CHAPTERS00:00 — Intro01:50 — Twiddling Knobs08:20 — Information Wants To Be Free15:20 — Technology & Complexity24:20 — What's My Job Again?36:00 — Software Brain48:30 — It's the Mindset, StupidLINKSEnshittification — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EnshittificationTeux Deux — https://teuxdeux.com/Twiddling — https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twiddler/Kafe Belgie — https://www.kafebelgie.nl/WOO — https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/wet-open-overheid-wooActive Apple Devices — https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/02/01/apple-has-one-active-device-per-four-people-on-the-planetEverything is Amazing — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxgK2OjHA2QWhat's My Name Again — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEhYp73X29AReshuffle Book — https://www.amazon.com/Reshuffle-wins-restacks-knowledge-economy-ebook/dp/B0DTKW6NQVHans Klok — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_KlokMatt Rife — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_RifeJimmy Carr — https://www.jimmycarr.com/The Law of Conservation of Attractive Profits — https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/15-law-conservation-attractive-profits-peter-knol-nxsse/Software Brain — https://www.theverge.com/podcast/917029/software-brain-ai-backlash-databases-automationProgramming as Theory Building — https://gwern.net/doc/cs/algorithm/1985-naur.pdfABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.CHAPTERS00:00 — Intro01:20 — The Bitter Lessons14:00 — "The December Event" in Coding28:35 — Dominant Designs33:30 — Actors and AI40:14 — What is Old is New Again45:45 — Wander/Wonder Machines52:25 — Fashion!LINKSThe Bitter Lesson — http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.htmlDeep Blue — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)Meta classes — https://www.cs.sjsu.edu/~pearce/modules/lectures/uml2/details/index2.htmRoadside Picnic — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_PicnicProject Glasswing — https://www.anthropic.com/glasswingZero-Day Vulnerability — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_vulnerabilityJohn McAfee — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAfeeDominant Design — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_designFAFO — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJf6iFA2xCYMemPalace — https://millaj.com/mempalaceBen Affleck's InterPositive — https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/ben-affleck-just-sold-his-stealth-ai-startup-to-netflix-for-600-million-heres-what-it-actually-does/91315812The Accountant — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accountant_(2016_film)Zettelkasten — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZettelkastenAgents & Wiki — https://gist.github.com/karpathy/442a6bf555914893e9891c11519de94fRAG — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrieval-augmented_generationGolfen Gate Claude — https://www.anthropic.com/news/golden-gate-claudeWrong on the Internet — https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/386:_Duty_CallsLidewij Edelkoort — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidewij_EdelkoortDevils Wears Prads — https://weareactors.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-Devil-Wears-Prada-Monologue.pdfAn Engine, Not a Camera — https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262633673/an-engine-not-a-camera/Ana Andjelic — https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaandjelic/ABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.CHAPTERS00:00 — Intro04:25 — Destructive Design18:20 — "Citizens"34::32 — Aesthetics39:00 — Creative Destruction  40:48 — AI Manifestations45:05 — *Our* Skill Limitations LINKSFrank Gehry — https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/legendary-architect-frank-gehry-has-died-at-the-age-of-96Shrek — https://www.ebritic.com/shrek-name-meaning/Architectural Innovation — https://www.jstor.org/stable/2393549Productivity Paradox — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradoxTest-Driven Development — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_developmentDomain-Driven Design — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_designSeeing Like a Desifn — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_StateThe Jagged AI Frontier — https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/working-definitions/what-is-jagged-ai-frontierHenry Rollins — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_RollinsHenk Haaima — https://www.henkhaaima.nl/Andrej Karpathy Interview — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwSVtQ7dziUAI Report Podcast — https://open.spotify.com/show/5Hpc8qDcawOEf4ulCouPauABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.CHAPTERS00:00 — Intro01:21 — The  Predictability Myth07:28 — Against the Excel-ification of Everything14:55 — 10 Incarnations of Yourself18:54 — Talking Dirty29:45 — Surprise Machines37:50 — World Models43;37 — The Ultimate Editor49:20 — AI Manifestation 56:45 — DIY All the Things1:09:15 — The Shape of InnovationLINKSThe Futures ConeAbductive reasoningPangram AI DetectorTalk Dirty to Me... Claude!Ingress (video game)AI generates first original proof for open conjectureLexA for AnythingLa Suite NumeriqueMarkdown historyiA WriterMinixABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.CHAPTERS00:00 — Intro01:19 — Tech is People03:10 — Tech as a cultural phenomenon 16:50 — The Beginning of the End23:30 — AI and what's next for design30:37 — Bring back messiness39:12 — Design in service of Scenius46:39 — Future Jobs 🤷🏻‍♂️49: 25 — Confusion as a design strategy56:50 — Complexity is given1:01:00 — OutroLINKSDesign in Tech — https://designintech.report/Watch Brands and misbehaving CEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9wNPi8YkZ4&t=1247sWatch brands .. who owns who: https://wshop360.com/cdn/shop/articles/img_4289_1200x1200.jpg?v=1580400847 Adaptive Path — https://medium.com/@adaptivepathSnow White design language — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_design_languageBlanding — https://www.fastcompany.com/90276496/blanding-the-hottest-branding-trend-of-the-year-is-also-the-worstClaude 3' system prompt — https://twitter.com/amandaaskell/status/1765207842993434880Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_Revolutions_and_Financial_CapitalScenius — https://www.wired.com/2008/06/scenius-or-comm/On Joy Division — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy5nKqLpTOEHappy Accidents — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9LMYivBnMMalthusianism — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MalthusianismSeeing Like a State — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_StateABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.CHAPTERS00:00 — Intro02:00 — The conditions of Making11:47 — A tinfoil theory of the open office17:25 — The Gold Standard of Working20:30 — "Users", "Citizens", ...28:28 — "Undo" in Making30:35 — Of Peace, War, and Wonder41:45 — The Innovators' AI(?)50:20 — Selling certainty (where there's none)54: 40 — Designing for the Messy Whole1:01:50 — Wrapping upLINKSThe Apartment — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053604/Herman Miller Action Office — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_OfficeCasey Neistat — https://youtu.be/Aj6-U7GVDt8?si=VBRDf7YEO2sMQYav&t=128Designing Roles — https://position.futuring-architectures.com/position/frame/rolesPace Layering — https://www.solvingforpattern.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pace_layering.jpgSimon Wardley — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_WardleyPeace, War, Wonder — https://blog.gardeviance.org/2014/04/from-a1-to-a6.htmlMore or Less Podcast — https://www.youtube.com/@MoreorLessPodThe "Stingray" model — https://www.boardofinnovation.com/webinars/ai-powered-design-the-stingray-model/The Double Diamond — https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-resources/the-double-diamond/Practice with Peet — https://www.youtube.com/@practicewithpeetHot vs Cool  Media —ABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.CHAPTERS00:00 — Intro01:22 — A “crypto bro” turns to “tech”10:50 — The Kickstarter mentality taken too far17:50 — Framing AI’s framing31:10 — AI hampers creativity? (yes, but also no)44:01 — Aesthetics of AI, aesthetics in AI54:05 — Unframe all the things!!!56:40 — Wrapping upLINKSRabbit R1: Barely Reviewable — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddTV12hErTc&pp=ygUMTUtCSEQgcmFiYml0https://www.inverse.com/tech/rabbit-r1-jesse-lyu-interview-artificial-intelligence“Here's Why The Production Cybertruck is a Failure” — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9a3GR1HJY“$30,000,000 AI Is Hiding a Scam” — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPOHf20slZg&t=196sMapping the Mind of a Large Language Model — https://www.anthropic.com/research/mapping-mind-language-modelAnthropic hires Instagram co-founder as head of product — https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/15/anthropic-hires-instagram-co-founder-as-head-of-product/Speeds and Feeds — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speeds_and_feedsArtificial Creativity — https://rushkoff.substack.com/p/artificial-creativityWork vs Management 2x2 — https://johannesklingebiel.de/wiki/Artificial%20Intelligence/01_automation.htmlBicycling and feminism —https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycling_and_feminismABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour. Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into a informal, unscripted conversation.If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.CHAPTERS00:00 — Intro02:33 — Ideas exist in between people04:32 — How technology dies in optimisation…11:10 — …and so *will* digital tech16:50 —  Grifters and peak tech culture23:36 —  “The Milieu” of oversaturation29:55 —  What’s next, then?36:45 —  Rewilding and Enchantment47:10 —  Do not get boxed in; be more like Feynman54:38 —  The “user” deceptionLINKSCutty Sark —  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_SarkLockheed Constellation —  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_ConstellationRetrograde —  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrograde_and_prograde_motionThe Worst Product Review — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TitZV6k8zfA&t=1234sArtifact —   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artifact_(app)Weird Science — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Science_(film)ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG —  https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-webRewild the Internet —  https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/Joseph Paxton —  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_PaxtonDisenchantment —  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisenchantmentFeynman diagram —  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_diagramABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour. Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into a informal, unscripted conversation.CHAPTERSTimecodes00:00 — Intro02:00 – More episodes than Sharknado05:00 – AI, Foresighting, Oracle & Muse13:15 – Gravity & Aesthetics in models17:15 – Generative AI as tomatos (no, really)24:04 – The Information Super Highway, revisited32:55 –  AI as an UI; that’s it?41:20 –  Taste is our super power47:25  – Lexical Gaps56:05 – Cooling downLINKSForesight, a method in futures studies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foresight_(futures_studies)Ben Burtt - Designer of the Star Wars sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBKKXjNf1sEStrategic Foresight – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_foresightJoshua Davis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Davis_(designer)Taste for Makers – https://www.paulgraham.com/taste.htmlInformation Superhighway – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighwayArticle about AI as a Muse, rather than an Oracle: https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2023/02/26/llm-as-muse-not-oracle.htmlThe book Ron mentions: Beauty Is Our Business: A Birthday Salute to Edsger W. Dijkstra - https://amzn.to/4duxyA8SGI Indigo – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_IndigoThe bosses of rival chip giants Nvidia and AMD are cousins: https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-jensen-huang-amd-lisa-su-taiwan-family-ai-chips-2023-11?international=true&r=US&IR=TZork – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork Amazon – Just Walk Out hABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

This is It’s Just a Model, the podcast that traverses all gradients of the interstitium. Here, we saturate, illuminate and articulate matters of innovation, tech, design and our collective behaviour. Your hosts are Ron Kersic, the benevolent programmer of all your top brass and architect of the technology and humanity convergence, and Peet Sneekes, soon-to-be compensated empathic design evangelist.In this podcast, we’ll discuss the good, the bad, and the interesting in an informal, unscripted conversation.If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.CHAPTERS00:00 — Intro02:48 — Automating for a (gasp!) reason09:36 — Reverse Centaurs of AI14:25 — Learning, no matter what18:00 — Mass-everything (the end of)25:02 — The people’s AI31:43 — Swinging back from optimization (and IT)39:05 — Backtrack and remake47:07 — The new paradigm: taste v skill56:08 — A call to action59:56 — In closing: a rant on PatreonLINKS Computer Says No — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0YGZPycMEUModula 2 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modula-2The Saturn V — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_VThe Interstitium — https://orionmagazine.org/article/interstitium-scientific-discovery-anatomyHalting Problem — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problemFuzzy Logic — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_logicABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify ABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

This is It’s Just a Model, the podcast that travels the interstitium, past the trends and the outrage, straight to the meaning and beauty of tech, design, behavior and innovation. Your hosts are Ron Kersic, reversed historian and tech maven and freelance time traveler Peet Sneekes.In this podcast we’ll be exposing hidden connections, lay bare  possible futures and discuss the unimaginable.  Oh and If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good old disagreement, then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.CHAPTERSTimecodes0:00 - Intro1:04 - Ron's news letters vs podcasts2:20 - Pace Layers, or pace Layering3:19 - Ron's book: How Buildings Work10:35 - Peet talks about Smart Cities and how pace layering fits into that view18:00 - Events, Culture and Paradigm shifts22:45 - A fail safe to paradigm shifts24:00 - There is no blood brain barrier in digital, so things tend to escalate quite quickly28:00 - An example of 'Sheering layers' with our social media30:00 - Measure of appreciation34:00 - Increasing luck: do all kinds of things36:30 - Maximize success by learning42:30 - Being aware of your own ecosystem - Subscribe vs Participation44:25 - Predictions on legislation45:15 - Creative Agencies, Government and Procurement49:30 - Sheering layers, Jony Ive (Annequote)LINKSLink that Vasilis shared with us: https://adactio.medium.com/pace-layers-and-design-principles-dcdf2b26c059Inspired look at Pace Layering by Stewart Brand: https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/issue3-brand/release/2The Long Now Foundation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Now_FoundationRon's book tip: "How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Buildings_LearnThomas Kuhn: Paradigm Shifts: https://www.simplypsychology.org/kuhn-paradigm.htmlThe article by Byrne Hobart in the Diff: https://www.thediff.co/archive/svb-in-retrospect/amp/Victor Knaap's article on procurement in government (Dutch): ABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

This is It’s Just a Model, the podcast that looks lovingly in the face of the interstitium of beauty, business, and ambivalent bravoure.Your hosts are Ron Kersic, the voice of future past and the architect of third horizon fiction and Peet Sneekes, strategic storyteller and speculative futures fan.In this podcast we’ll be caressing stories that peeked our interrest and surface the true intent, or devious implication of architecture, behaviour and design.  Oh and If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good old disagreement, then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.CHAPTERSTimecodes0:00 - Intro01:54 - The Galactic Compass 06:30 - Taste and Skills in Generative AI13:26 - Nostalgia In, Nostalgia Out (again)18:20 - Beauty in Things Going Wrong26:00 - The value *in* the journey33:00 - Your vested audience40:10 - Imperfections are not a bug47:12 - The A.I. aesthetic 51:56 - The vault mentalityLINKSInterconnected.org - https://interconnected.org/home/2024/02/15/galactic-compassKlarna - https://www.klarna.com/international/press/klarna-ai-assistant-handles-two-thirds-of-customer-service-chats-in-its-first-month/Sora's Tokyo Walk - https://cdn.openai.com/sora/videos/tokyo-walk.mp4The OG Orginal Thinker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_FeynmanKwebbelkop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiV0lz_SQP4 Rick Deckard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_DeckardH.R. Giger - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._GigerTipping ChatGPT - https://minimaxir.com/2024/02/chatgpt-tips-analysis/Max Headroom - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_HeadroomPrince's work ethic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECGcTM_gk4sABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon KeABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

This is Just a Model, the podcast on the interstitium of ethics, business, politics and citizenship.Your hosts are Ron Kersic,  the humanistic architect of the future and the dorsal stream of tech and Peet Sneekes, creative strategist and hypothetical system thinker.In this podcast we’ll be furiously interrogating the topics we select with the intent to peal away the veneer and focus on the essence. If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good dad joke, then you should return that value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.CHAPTERSTimecodes0:00 - Intro01:00 Intersection and Design10:00 Designing organisations18:40 The Vision Pro, (not so) Social Tools31:00 Keynote, Magic Move, delightful surprises35:00 What-if Disney...40:22 Malleable organisations43:00 Hypermedia storytelling52:00 Creativity and self-inflicted limitationsLINKShttps://intersectionbook.com/, https://www.enterprise.design/https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-resources/the-double-diamond/https://www.nber.org/papers/w31980https://megmittelstedt.substack.com/p/criti-hyphttps://www.amazon.com/Disney-Ran-Your-Hospital-Differently/dp/0974386014https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZorkABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast ABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

This is Just a Model, the podcast on the interstitium of making, beauty, design, the nerdy and the wonderful.  Your hosts are Ron Kersic,  transitional tech architect and Rubergian storyteller and Peet Sneekes, kinetic thinker and  holistic innovator. In this podcast we’ll be investigating stories with a relentless curiosity and honesty, so we can learn the underlying, the interstitial, the unintended ramification . If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good dad joke, then please return that value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.CHAPTERSTimecodes0:00 - Intro01:52 - It’s *not* the time to build (anymore)07:25 - Not having Silicon Valley questions (anymore)10:24 - Hackable technology 👈 **Note**: could leave this out15:54 - The End of the Beginning of Technology20:47 - It’s just a platform24:34 - Find that undiscovered country38:26 - The genius is in the scene44:14 - Overton Window of Tech51:05 - Crafting instead of Consuming57:27 - Wrap upLINKS- Studebaker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker- The End of Coding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l222fIkesAY- Pokimane: https://www.dexerto.com/kick/will-pokimane-stream-on-kick-claims-of-massive-75m-deal-go-viral-2508765/- Joe Rogan: https://www.nbcnews.com/media/spotify-joe-rogan-new-deal-rcna136997- The Morioka Shoten bookstore: https://bookriot.com/japanese-bookstore-morioka-shoten/- Brian Eno’s Scenius: https://kk.org/thetechnium/scenius-or-comm/- Payment Service Directive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Services_Directive- Overton Window: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window- It’s time to build: https://a16z.com/its-time-to-build/- Origin of the hashtag: https://buffer.com/resources/a-concise-history-of-twitter-hashtags-and-how-you-should-use-them-properly/- IKEA Hackers: ABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

It's Just A Model is a podcast on the interstitium of systems, society, ethics, ecosystems, business, behavior, discovery and progression. Your hosts Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes talk about the underpinnings of modern business, society, innovation, communication and design.In this podcast we’ll be asking questions about stories where we feel like people don’t touch upon the true narrative, cause, the why, or the reason why the thing it’s like it is. This is a value for value podcast. That means, if you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, a good dad joke, anything, you may decide to return that value through time, talent, treasure. See https://itsjustamodel.com and the show notes for more details.CHAPTERS02:00 - How this got started04:34 - Stochastic Rabbits20:26 - AI: Calm and Ambient28:10 - Biases, Models, and Better Decisions32:50 - The Rabbit’s Ploy: Humane AI43:47 - Photorealistic AI: Can we cope?LINKS- Interstitium: https://orionmagazine.org/article/interstitium-scientific-discovery-anatomy- Rabbit r1: https://www.rabbit.tech/- Bran van der Mee: https://www.youtube.com/@branvandermeer- Benedict Evans: https://www.ben-evans.com/- Calm Technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calm_technologyABOUT US- It's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.com- Ron Kersic - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic/- Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE- Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiW- Podcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883- Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1- Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GB- RSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rssABOUT USIt's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.comRon Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic  Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.comSUBSCRIBE Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiWPodcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GBRSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss