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A nice little day out at Hampton Court Palace

An interesting perspective on Jevons Paradox and the anxiety of work that’s likely to follow.

	Jevons Paradox: A personal perspective
	What if the most game-optimal play in the new system is actually to become relentlessly, unapologetically you?
	fakepixels.substack.com

A creepy version of the future with robots designed based on more realistic human structures

	Watch creepy humanoid robot twitch and move with human-like skeleton
	Poland's Clone Robotics reveals Protoclone V1, a lifelike android with 200+ degrees of freedom, 1,000 Myofibers, and 500 sensors.
	interestingengineering.com

	Deepfake videos are getting shockingly good \| TechCrunch
	A new AI system from ByteDance, OmniHuman-1, generates shockingly convincing deepfake videos.
	techcrunch.com

	Where to Work After 40?
	I turned 40 last month and spent the past decade working on my own startup that ultimately failed. I'm now trying to figure out the next step.
	news.ycombinator.com

	Your Next AI Wearable Will Listen to Everything All the Time
	The latest crop of AI-enabled wearables like Bee AI and Omi listen to your conversations to help organize your life. They are also normalizing embedded microphones that are always on.
	wired.com

First weeknote of 2025. With only two days back at work it was a nice slow re- intro.

	Pickle - Your AI body double in zoom calls
	Pickle lets your AI body double join zoom calls instead of you. It lip-syncs to your voice, so you don't have to turn on your camera. Create your Pickle and make your zoom call easy.
	getpickle.ai

Well this year has had a few interesting moments and I’ve not blogged for a while so as the year comes to a close here is my year-end review:

	''Founder Mode'' and the Art of Mythmaking
	I’ve never been good at “hot takes”. Anyone who knows anything about marketing can tell you that the best time to share your opinion about something is when everyone is all worked up about it. Hot …
	charity.wtf