Say No - it is great

"No thanks. Not interested." - what a wonderful & respectful response! Good straight forward fast "No" keeps things rolling and sometimes even accelerating. I admit that this is provocative but I claim that not-replying is one of the very clear sign that the "old good" straight forward  Finnish work culture has collapsed... which we (with about half of size of population of London spread around +300tkm2) in my honest opinion simply cannot afford if we want to stay truly competitive. What do you think why is it so tough to just reply No thanks (especially if you have kind of promised to get back)? Is this causing some sort of systemic malfunction, constant lapses in the general machinery, or does it just not matter? Say it loudly, say it proudly: NO THANKS! :)

Must read ... and endless source of new music

Just finished Yuval Noah Harari's fantastic "Homo Deus"-book. Seldom if ever have I read anything so eye-opening or thought generating.

There was a super interesting "side track" for me personally - computer algorithm/"AI" created classical music as an example where we are heading. Have a go in Spotify for example https://open.spotify.com/track/28YTbOIhVk6VKHqrj8rLad or https://open.spotify.com/track/7uaCn66SkDSuG2Tp57vLjk ... for me this means almost that old composers are alive and in the future when I would like to hear new from them I just order more from them = command "computer" to compose me more. Brutally so from hearing point and emotions point of view. Maybe this is somehow comparing to natural vs lab grown meat? both will taste the same but if you know one is articfical, not the real thing, it somehow seriously disturbs the situation. With these music samples, I really could not detect that they are not real. And neither (in tests) could bunch of experts. http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/algorithmic-music-david-cope-and-emi/

But coming back to the book - I really think this book should a school book. Everyone should read it and peek into the inevitable future which we are all creating.

Mr. Peter Wohlleben's fantastic book about trees

Just finished Peter Wohlleben's book "The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World". What a fantastic ride - world looks quite different after the book even if one would not take all "for granted".

 

Elyssium - now

I had a look at my new pair of jeans and started to admire how great pieces of work we get with such a cheap price... huge amounts of goods are available with low actually very low prices. That is, to us who live in "western" world. We have a huge divide in the world in terms of wealth, health and environment. Actually our current world is not at all that far from the world described in Elysium movie. The only difference is that we do not live in a space station.

Slightly crazy thoughts aka puzzled by terms

Why are black people in US referred as African American but white people not as European American since Indians/native Americans are really the only Americans?

Well back to work...

Our new baby.... long time no blog

Finally soft launched our new company's video alarm phone Lumo. Super exciting times. And so great to work for something that really matters.

Zero to One

Excellent reading (or listening (best way to spend time in car)) by Peter Thiel: Zero to One.
He is after chasing great secrets again, finding ways to escape our current great technological stagnation, doing something completely new, going from 0 to 1. Great food for everyone's thoughts I believe.