lawrence wilkinson

Serial entrepreneur, turned advisor/investor, mostly to not-for-profit and social ventures

[(Roughly) Daily @RoughlyDaily]

A few years ago, AI-as-we've-come-to-know-it was still just an idea. Today, it's everywhere. And it has moved into kids' lives faster than anyone at the time imagined.

A sober look at the state of play: https://t.co/5IYzDgnVBG

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

After the rise, the fall: "The Quintessential Old-School Las Vegas Buffet Bids Farewell" @bloomberg.com (Plus- Edwin Traisman)

Go back for seconds: https://t.co/acm33ftg7A

[Long Now Foundation @longnow]

What does long-term thinking look like in practice? Introducing Long Now Labs, a collaborative space to test, prototype, and build long-term tools.

Lab Series 001 is a collaboration with the Protocol Institute to investigate three aspects of civilizational durability that are being radically reshaped by frontier technologies.

-> Lab 001.1: Book of Time - An open call to submit a concept for a new way of marking, experiencing, or making sense of time.
-> Lab 001.2: Epistemic Cycles - Seeking an individual or team to investigate historical patterns of technological disruption that broke down society's ability to discern truth.
-> Lab 001.3: Interspecies Protocols - Exploring the protocols needed to support interspecies ecologies.

If you are a designer, researcher, writer, or technologist interested in the deep future, we want to hear from you. Submissions are now open.

Learn more about Labs and how to apply: https://t.co/meZmRDc8t2

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

Reunderstanding reading: "Books and screens" @CarloIaconoWork @aeonmag
(Plus- the Gutenberg Bible)

Turn the page: https://t.co/U6DkbaEsRQ

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

A celebration of the commonplace: "A Museum Devoted to Everyday Items" @steplin.bsky.social
(Plus- National Margarita Day)

Regarding the routine: https://t.co/3QZ09misKG

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

"What Are The Odds?" @R74nCom
(Plus- Harvey Kurtzman)

Place you bets: https://t.co/9e98YJJkgd

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

Ansel Adams' less familiar subjects
(Plus- Happy 124th to Adams)

Click: https://t.co/TtdCEH1YIX

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

Americans are spending more time at home and alone — and money determines who can opt out: "Home. Alone." @sherwood_news @chartrdaily
(Plus- Mr. Roger's Neighborhood)

Contemplating our calendars: https://t.co/sZVuOtVoVL

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

Trump boasted that tariffs would create a US manufacturing boom. How's that working out? "America’s Manufacturing Renaissance Is Missing in Action" @scottlincicome
(Plus- the Know Nothings)

Empty promises: https://t.co/tLZAt0VuTw

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

The history of a misreading: "Aristotle and the so-called Tragic Flaw" @profbate
(Plus- Madama Butterfly)

Tangling with tragedy: https://t.co/gEwXs1p2PH

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

How-- and why-- institutions work (when they do): "Guarding the Guardians" @jliep.bsky.social @aeon.co (with @marco-giancotti.bsky.social)
(Plus- Bringing Up Baby)

Getting along: https://t.co/S7tofdOLwa

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

The president wants to control the country’s future by bulldozing its past: "Trump’s War on History" @dfriedman33 @noturtlesoup17 @motherjones
(Plus- Galileo)

Face history: https://t.co/V87XV0VcVY

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

"Why Cupid Rules Valentine’s Day" @JSTOR_Daily
(Plus- The B-52s)

Celebrate: https://t.co/CAu4wUvOOQ

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

Nourishing food for thought: "Attending to Technology- Theses for Disputation" @ayjay.bsky.social (with @lmsacasas.bsky.social)
(Plus- ENIAC)

Hone in on humanity: https://t.co/BnK5OYFfet

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

Can you tell: "Antidepressant drug or a Tolkien character?"
(Plus- penicillin)

Navigate nomenclature: https://t.co/5wFPJ3EY1m

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

Tech billionaires building a post-democratic America? "The Authoritarian Stack" @francescabria.bsky.social @fesonline.bsky.social
(Plus- The Magic Christian)

Reclaim the rudiments of a republic: https://t.co/VZlTsE7KP2

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

Insects are everywhere; they're crucial-- and fascinating: "The Bug Zone," via @Matt_Muir
(Plus- Joseph Lister)

Creep and crawl: https://t.co/vPzjvbhxbx

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

A fleeting cult built around a fruit exposes the logic, and illogic, of Mao’s personality cult: "When Mao’s Mango Mania Took Over China" @jstordaily.bsky.social
(Plus- Carmen Miranda)

Pare: https://t.co/DkWiESeVw0

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

Re: a label applied to radically different compositions across > 1,000 years of history. "Do You Actually Know What Classical Music Is? Does Anyone?" @TheAtlantic
(Plus- Boris Gudonov)

Read and write: https://t.co/fptNuytXQ6

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

A skill for our times: "The Library of Juggling"
(Plus- G. H. Hardy)

Toss 'em up: https://t.co/tmXXBdG1Aa