Recurrent Patterns
Recurrent Patterns is a venture exploring strategies and insights around leading-edge companies, technology and cultural trends. Vaclav engages with leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, authors and others who can share their perspectives in long-form conversations.
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Twitter hanging by the Threads
Just like that, the Internet forgot about ChatGPT (for a moment, at least) when a new soap opera aired this week. The entity known as Meta or Facebook or Mr. Zuckerberg launched a new social network called Threads. This is a direct assault on Twitter, the social network owned by Mr.Musk. Or is it?
Canada will become newsless
Canadian government passes the Online News Act, targeting Google and Facebook. Is it a lifeline for struggling news publications or government's misguided interference?
Reddit's inedible free lunch
A highly-coveted free lunch turns out to have its consequences. Reddit, the 'front page of the Internet,' is facing a paradigm shift as it attempts to charge for its API access. With moderators protesting and developers grappling with fees, the cracks in the business model are becoming evident. The challenges Reddit faces as it seeks profitability in an era of increasing user entitlement and outrage.
Pause AI? Naïveté or stupidity?
We should pause any development of AI for the next 6 months. That's the message from the Future of Life Institute, which published an open letter which subsequently was signed by about 1,700+ people by the time I started writing this article. Another race of the righteous.
Tesla, the broken brand promise
Brand, in the simplest of terms, is what people think or say about your company and product when you are not there with them. These people are either your customers or your detractors — or another group of people who have no clue about your brand.
The most electrifying Recurrent Patterns of 2022
As another year slowly comes to a close, I’d like to thank you for another year of conversations and explorations into recurrent patterns.
By the balls
This week, we all saw a very big fight between the richest man in the world and the richest company in the world. Those who were hoping for a nuclear exchange between Elon Musk and Tim Cook at Apple must have been disappointed when they made peace.
Twitter Edit Button vs. Cyborg Cockroaches
Who would have imagined that in 2022, a paid edit feature within a browser would become news. Twitter, which has been struggling to turn any profit in its existence, comes up with an irrelevant feature to provide a backdrop for its selling/buying (or not selling/not buying) soap opera.
The death of the cookie as we know it
No more cookies for you. No, not the ones you snack on and blame for your weight-gain. We’re talking about the miniature files that your browser stores every time you visit any website. Everyone on the Internet wants to keep track of your browsing habits and history. Everyone wants to sell you something. You are the data and money source for all of them. Especially for the websites which offer you seemingly free services. Think…the Facebooks of the world.
Enough talk. Let's make money
With this post, I’ve tried to demonstrate how much technology is available to us. I’ve shown how we can quickly find information, transform it and connect it in new ways.Perhaps we can even make some money. But more importantly, this is a way to have a little bit of fun and play time. Make that your recurrent pattern.