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La Palabra Vale
https://www.superversive.co/blog/la-palabra-vale
Published: March 31, 2026 19:35
The bar has dropped so low that basic human authenticity is now a competitive advantage.When everyone else is churning out AI-generated posts, sending customers to chatbots, and polishing a curated “personal brand,” the person who simply answers the phone,…
Fix More Than Messaging
https://www.superversive.co/blog/fix-more-than-messaging
Published: March 31, 2026 12:15
People don’t trust tech companies to self-regulate. People don’t trust governments to regulate effectively. People don’t believe their preferences will matter in shaping how AI gets deployed. This is a governance and accountability crisis, not a legal,…
Withdrawing Privileges
https://www.superversive.co/blog/withdrawing-privileges
Published: March 30, 2026 12:55
Ostracization of those who flagrantly break the social contract functions as a self-governance mechanism.It preserves trust, accountability, and shared norms within healthy communities.By withdrawing informal privileges (e.g. social inclusion,…
Incentivize Candor or Ingest Fentanyl
https://www.superversive.co/blog/incentivize-candor-or-ingest-fentanyl
Published: March 30, 2026 01:54
In large IT and software product organizations where politics, rigid silos, and command-and-control management dominate, effective communication becomes nearly impossible.Genuinely useful knowledge is scarce and effectively inaccessible.Decisions are made…
Cash Pays Down Leverage
https://www.superversive.co/blog/cash-pays-down-leverage
Published: March 28, 2026 21:55
If private equity is sniffing around your industry it might not be saying anything good about that sector of the economy.It indicates that poorly managed operations are generating excess free cash flow.It suggests significant untapped potential for…
All You Need to Know
https://www.superversive.co/blog/all-you-need-to-know
Published: March 28, 2026 17:36
Tom Peters once followed me back on Twitter. It was the main reason I kept using the platform for another decade.
Prioritize the people who actually drive demand (it’s women!) and lead with products and experiences that respect their…
Irreplaceable Human Agents
https://www.superversive.co/blog/irreplaceable-human-agents
Published: March 27, 2026 12:55
If you were fired today and replaced by an AI “agent,” what is the one nuanced, human “workaround” or piece of tribal knowledge that the AI would never know to do? That is your true value.It’s not the tasks on your job description — the reports, the…
Impress vs. Empower
https://www.superversive.co/blog/impress-vs-empower
Published: March 26, 2026 12:55
Some people use words to showcase intelligence — polished phrases, complex jargon, and rhetorical flourish that signal their own cleverness.Others use words to build understanding, choosing clarity, questions, and encouragement so listeners leave feeling…
Burn the Boats
https://www.superversive.co/blog/burn-the-boats
Published: March 25, 2026 12:55
Most people say they want to “win”…but we also hedge bets to ​survive losing.Some might say, that’s just prudent risk management and effective decision-making.Those folks rarely make history.In 63 BC, Julius Caesar campaigned for the office of Pontifex…
Instant and Reliable Messaging
https://www.superversive.co/blog/instant-and-reliable-messaging
Published: March 24, 2026 15:31
There are 3 groups relative to those who used BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and joined conference calls.One recalls the tactile sensation of physical BlackBerry keyboards.Another knows of them as a cultural reference but grew up with smartphones and apps.A…
Slow the Frenzy
https://www.superversive.co/blog/slow-the-frenzy
Published: March 22, 2026 14:47
When AI companies begin charging the true cost of running large-scale models — factoring in compute, storage, energy, data acquisition, continuous engineering, and responsible governance — the current freewheeling surge of experimentation and casual…
Focus and ReBuild Your Craft
https://www.superversive.co/blog/build-your-work
Published: March 20, 2026 12:55
To rewrite your craft around the decision to work with synthetic machines:Map out your decisions: find every decision you need to make, then figure out which ones only you should handle.Focus on what matters most: look at which decisions could hurt people,…
Synthetic Crises
https://www.superversive.co/blog/synthetic-crises
Published: March 19, 2026 21:09
Past fascists used fires and rallies to seize power. Modern technofascists use algorithms, platforms, surveillance, and curated media to manufacture consent, silence critics, and warp reality. LLMs and synthetic media can fabricate crises to justify…
Discount Miracles
https://www.superversive.co/blog/discount-miracles
Published: March 19, 2026 18:15
If your boss worships both the bot and the budget, you’ll be asked to summon miracles: for a discount.Organizations that hype non-stop AI potential and ration tokens are asking for innovation without investment.That breeds clever workarounds, cautious…
Unregulated Experiment
https://www.superversive.co/blog/unregulated-experiment
Published: March 19, 2026 12:55
Technology can be "normal" and still incredibly dangerous. We accept that cancer drugs are ordinary—vital, widely used—yet we don't let people synthesize potent molecules in their garages and sell them on Etsy. Nuclear fission became a routine source of…
MLOps From Scratch
https://www.superversive.co/blog/mlops-from-scratch
Published: March 19, 2026 09:32
It’s wild that so many founders and executives are low-key building and doing MLOps from scratch.Non-technical and inexperienced business professionals have plunged into juggling data pipelines, model versioning, deployment orchestration, monitoring, and…
Reset Is An Opportunity
https://www.superversive.co/blog/reset-is-an-opportunitu
Published: March 18, 2026 18:54
Forget AI for a hot minute.Pretend it AI hotness isn’t thing for a second. Because the hour of reset is the real opportunity.Investor Bill Gurley noted: when everyone chases “easy money”, spending balloons, dry powder evaporates, and a market crash forces…
Externalized Costs
https://www.superversive.co/blog/externalized-costs
Published: March 18, 2026 15:59
The media apparatus has decided that political disruption generates traffic to be monetized.Since trafficked eyeballs flow to the bottom line, the externalized costs to their audience or profession are ignorable.Ironically, what’s the worst that could…
Inevitable Innovation Machines
https://www.superversive.co/blog/inevitable-innovation-machines
Published: March 18, 2026 12:55
A generation ago, ​MCI, Nortel, and Enron​ were untouchable.They were innovation machines with momentum.The market couldn’t ignore them.Then...they collapsed.It wasn’t due to lack of talent.It wasn’t because they were late to market.It was because business…