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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The Tech Naughty & Nice List

In that spirit, as Christmas approaches, let’s see who made the tech nice and naughty list this year. What organization provided us with tech that made a positive difference? What company is working on a better future?

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5G’s a no-go. Be your own telco and make it go-go

Are you frustrated that your telecommunication provider is slow to deploy 5G in your area? Do you want to run your 5G network in a private setting where others can't connect? Lucky you. Amazon now has the solution

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Humans 1 : AI 0

What I am finding puzzling is the never-ending dream to replace humans and the desire to translate humanity into an algorithm. Yet, the same people are always very sure that this replacement would never apply to them... 'cause they are special.

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Is Web 3.0 coming?

So many things start as an idea, taken up by a few enthusiasts with an idealistic mission about how things will change. They believe that there will be no control by big companies or governments and life will be beautiful.

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The case of the snobby AI (researcher)

AI is not here to pass judgment. It is a masquerade to make you think that computers can be better than humans. Don't be afraid of AI. Be afraid of people who are making AI to control you.

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Email is dead. Long live email.

This week’s post is about email. As you probably know, email started - and we can have a lively debate about this - at the same time as the Internet was born. As the Internet gained popularity, so did email, soon becoming the preferred method of communication.

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Schrödinger's apples and oranges

The tech writers were clamouring to write article after article comparing ever-more-impressive speed and size and capabilities of computer technology. A lot of that excitement has faded over time… but a sliver of it is coming back, thanks to quantum computers.

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Who writes this shit?

Recently, I got an email: Gartner Insights for IT Executives. Yes, the Gartner you know with the tagline: “We help clients make smarter and faster decisions.” They're also famously the authors of the Magic Quadrant research methodology.

What followed was a very weird experience.

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Be the master of your disaster

You can’t always get what you want - and maybe we can’t even get what we need. There are no cars because there are no chips. Christmas shopping is in danger because containers are not getting from port A to port B fast enough. There are not enough container ships. Manufacturers can't get raw materials fast enough to fulfill the demand).

The supply chain would have trouble supplying a chain these days. The last two years have brought to a forefront how much the world is interconnected. We see how events in one country or even in one company can have far-reaching consequences.

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