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June 2025

AI’s Conundrum: Productivity Yes, Science No?!
Talk about the “jagged frontier” – just when we start to see AI move the needle on productivity, we learn that it might suck at scientific discovery…
The Steam Engine Trap
We're using AI like 1890s factories used electricity – celebrating efficiency gains while missing the revolution.
Barbie Is an AI Now, and We Will Never Stop Working Again
From toys to the workplace to overpriced robo-taxis – you truly don’t need to watch Black Mirror anymore… But AI is still awesome.
Radical Incrementalism and the Common Language of Transformation
From small bets to big shifts: why shared meaning powers transformative change.
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Podcast, AI Report, GYSHIDO. And that’s just us…
It’s been a productive week – three updates from your friends at radical plus your usual weekend reading material awaits…
The Agent Economy that is Killing Fintech UX
What happens when your perfectly optimized checkout meets a customer that has no eyes?
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AI just got scary good at talking you into things
Plus: Mary Meeker returns, job market jitters, and why Germans are AI-skeptical (but still using it)
The Future: We Are Doomed. We Are Fine.
The confusing and messy reality of forecasts – and why the people who make them, make them…
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