Otto von Wesendonk

Tech, Software, Innovation & Pseudophilosophy.
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[Otto von Wesendonk @ottomotton]

Everyone wants to be; no one wants to become.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[Otto von Wesendonk @ottomotton]

@christianreber how can i help?

[Otto von Wesendonk @ottomotton]

Ogun 🍻 :)

[Otto von Wesendonk @ottomotton]

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[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“The future belongs to the risk-takers, not the comfort-seekers.”

— Brian Tracy

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Take the risk.

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Germany’s flood barriers quietly prove the difference between planning and panic.

[Otto von Wesendonk @ottomotton]

Tradition is not the worship of ashes. It's the preservation of fire.

- Gustav Mahler

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🤔

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

The Pope rightly warns that AI must serve human dignity, not become a tool of domination or exclusion.

But if we hand governments sweeping power over AI development in the name of safety, how do we prevent it from being used to censor, surveil, and control citizens — as Orwell foretold in 1984?

This is the real alignment problem.

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.” Who will guard the guardians?

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

The oldest questions of human nature and authority don’t disappear in the AI age. They become newly relevant.

[Victor 🧢 @victor_bigfield]

Collaboration > Competition

[Otto von Wesendonk @ottomotton]

@seezyou Be you

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“You can’t compete with someone who is having fun.”

— Tiago Forte

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

Titles feed the ego. Effort feeds the soul.

[@jason @Jason]

They updated the most legendary chart on twitter

What stands out?

[Otto von Wesendonk @ottomotton]

Truth bomb.

[@jason @Jason]

It’s America First, America Only now Ian

We don’t have allies, we have trading partners

We’re not the defenders of democracy, we’re sellers of weapons and seizers of resources.

The only thing that now matters is making the right trade, getting the most views and securing the pardon.

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

Think progress, not perfection.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple.”

— Steve Jobs

[Uncle Bob Martin @unclebobmartin]

Authoring code by hand HAS GONE AWAY.

Engineering module structure and architecture has not.

[Otto von Wesendonk @ottomotton]

@samlambert @kdaigle +1

[Arpit Bhayani @arpit_bhayani]

Code is not cheap and never was. You either pay to write it well, or pay when it breaks.