To coin an overused phrase: that escalated quickly.
Ushering in the New Year/New Decade with my customary January 1 just-north-of-a-coma hangover seems like a page from someone else’s life, lived a long time a […]

Thought I would share this video of FastFulcrum’s origin, philosophy and approach … enjoy!
A gentle reminder … the $99 sale of the first four FastFulcrum courses (Remain Relevant, Developing Contextual […]

Transcript:
Evans Mehew:  Hello everyone, this is Evans Mehew with FastFulcrum and I’m very, very grateful that Joe Toscano, author of “Automating Humanity” and founder of BEACON is with me here today to talk […]

Neuralink & the Merge.
 
It sounds like a 90s indie band.
 
It isn’t.
 
I came across this term, “The Merge” while visiting Sam Altman’s (CEO of OpenAI, [which he co-founded with Elon Musk] blog.  Yonder, M […]

Just another exhibit toward building the case that we live in a cyberpunk world …
It appears IKEA was having trouble with ‘rug scalping’ – customers purchasing high-end, designer rugs, then not using them in […]

I’m seeing an increasing number of articles about the merging of Artificial Intelligence with the human brain. Again, here we see what formerly would be considered just a great science fiction yarn suddenly be […]

I hope you’re sitting comfortably … Lexus has helped produce a documentary on master craftmanship in the age of automation that runs 60,000 hours in length.  That’s going to require a lot of popcorn and a heap-t […]

Interesting developments in killer robot country:
From Gizmodo on March 5:
U.S. Army Assures Public That Robot Tank System Adheres to AI Murder Policy
Quote of Note:
“Last month, the U.S. Army put out a call to p […]

“It’s a crazy world.” – Glen
“Somebody ought to sell tickets.” – H.I.
“Sure, I’d buy one.” – Glen
From “Raising Arizona”
You know, it IS a crazy world.  Exhibit A: any news feed, any time of day, from any sour […]

[Shout out to “Macbeth” for the inspiration for that headline.]
In the Remain Relevant course we cover technology (obviously), specifically, we briefly explore what technology is as part of setting the table for […]

One of the interesting points has came up several times during the Remain Relevant course was that Artificial Intelligence isn’t all job threat and Boogeyman.  It also yields massive benefits across many ap […]

[Many thanks to Fall Out Boy for the inspiration for the headline of this piece …]
In the Remain Relevant course, participants are exposed to a competitive intelligence methodology called PEST (Political, […]

[Please be aware: this week’s post is not intended to reflect a partisan stance and/or endorsement of any political candidate.  Rather, this post is intended to reference & reinforce content covered in the Re […]

As we delve into Ikigai in the Remain Relevant course, I continually reinforce the reason we are doing so: to identify individuals’ “quick pivot paths” – areas of intrinsic passion, aptitude and value that will […]

A point that is touched upon in the Remain Relevant course is the element of myth as it pertains to and shapes our beliefs (i.e. in this particular context, what stories do we believe and/or tell ourselves […]

An interesting and very practical point that came up in a recent Remain Relevant class: we should all avoid internalizing hyperbole surrounding the possibility of job loss due to automation. 
This in itself is a […]

… the robots are coming.
One if by land, two if by sea, three if by autonomous unmanned aerial drone, four if by Internet, five if by …
All right, all right … number four doesn’t quite work as a robot can’t […]