I’m just in the middle of re-reading Simon Wardley’s collected blog posts on Wardley Mapping (via the soft cover book).
My recency bias aside, its uncanny how much his concepts infuse this Economist article.
Almost every paragraph echoes a concept from Wardley’s writings; diffusion versus evolution, inertia, co-evolution of practices and capabilities, capital flows, initial innovation versus refinement of an idea, and with hindsight, eventual ubiquity.
I greatly enjoyed the serendipity of this article appearing alongside my holiday reading.
One point missing from the article is the increased speed of diffusion via communication, and the relatively evolved states of compute, and other required underlying infrastructure for AI.
One could map the user needs of farms and farmers and todays knowledge enterprises, alongside the underlying infrastructure required to deploy tractors and AI, and draw some conclusions.
@hugothefrog Thanks for reading the softcover. If it's the inexpensive white one on Amazon, I hope it met your needs okay! Let me know if you notice anything that got in the way of your enjoyment.
My recency bias aside, its uncanny how much his concepts infuse this Economist article.
Almost every paragraph echoes a concept from Wardley’s writings; diffusion versus evolution, inertia, co-evolution of practices and capabilities, capital flows, initial innovation versus refinement of an idea, and with hindsight, eventual ubiquity.
I greatly enjoyed the serendipity of this article appearing alongside my holiday reading.
One point missing from the article is the increased speed of diffusion via communication, and the relatively evolved states of compute, and other required underlying infrastructure for AI.
One could map the user needs of farms and farmers and todays knowledge enterprises, alongside the underlying infrastructure required to deploy tractors and AI, and draw some conclusions.