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14 May, 6 tweets, 2 min read
X : Not a fan of bitcoin?
Me : Nope. Never was. I don't like the societal payload of laissez faire.
X : Not a fan of crypto currency?
Me : Didn't say that. There are many issues with crypto currencies (for example, energy consumption due to proof of work) but there is potential.
... I've always said there is potential in the blockchain.
X : Ethereum?
Me : Half and half. Proof of stake etc, still lacking aspects of transparency in ownership but there are some interesting ERC-20. Hoge for example - hoge.finance
X : Why interesting?
Me : It's all to do with the culture map. If we finally get around to having the whole Me vs We discussion in society and determining our actual beliefs and behaviours that we value ....
... we might actually be able to embed concepts like fairness, reciprocity, duty of care and integrity into a sovereign based cryptocurrency. I'm guessing that's how China will attack the whole inequality issue.
X : Is that happening?
Me : Lol. We're not even having the discussion on Me vs We because we're still too captivated by our grand political game of Kayfabe. It's less deep discussion on culture and more "pass the spandex"
X : What about Starmer?
Me : Wow, that's a leap, Ok, he likes to play the needling lawyer to Boris' strongman act. It's not going well, not helped by the whole "I take responsibility by firing someone else" malarky. To be blunt, he is a dead duck.

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14 May
X : Is there more to write on the book?
Me : Lots - strategy, gameplay, culture, political and ... oodles to finish.
X : When are you going to do this?
Me : When I have time.
X : Any ideas when?
Me : I'll probably retire in about 20 years, so I should have time then.
X : What if someone else beats you to it?
Me : Saves me a job. I do encourage others to write books on mapping for this very purpose. I'd prefer to spend my retirement fishing (without a fishing rod i.e. sitting on the bank of a river drinking coffee and having a smoke).
X : What if you die before you finish it?
Me : Well, I believe it ceases to be my problem at that point.
X : Can't you ...
Me : .... hmmm, prioritize? I have other priorities - my research, my work, the family, repainting the house, the garden allotment etc etc.
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13 May
Over 240 people signed up for Map Camp, there are hundred or so early bird tickets left ... I know it's not until October 13th - mapcamp.co.uk ... but if we keep this rate up, we should have a 1,000 mappers attending. That's exciting.
The topics we're going to be applying maps too vary from "The Green Economy" to "Maps, Ethics and Power" to "One Size Fits All -Capitalism vs Communism" ... oh, I'm looking forward to this ...
The titles of course ... may change. We use a format of three speakers (a triad) to explore each topic and one of the first things the speakers do is decide what the actual topic will be. I do like a bit of emergence with my conferences.
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12 May
X : How far are we from general purpose AI?
Me : Seriously? Hmmm ... a hundred noble prizes? Teleportation will probably be sooner.
X : You are kidding?
Me : No. Do you understand how complex the brain is, how little we understand it and how limited our current AI is?
X : But ...
Me : ... you're not going to say singularity to me or quote some business powerpoint conjuring up a fantasy of thinking machines? There is a long way to go.
X : But eventually we will build it?
Me : I doubt it'll be on purpose. I suspect we will accidently create it through the interactions of many billions if not trillions of interconnected devices. The question is whether we will recognise it or even notice it.
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12 May
X : If leadership is the brain of the body, then ...
Me : What are you talking about?
X : The organisation as the body.
Me : Ok, you understand the body is a luxury bus for the microbiome and the brain spends time deluding us into believing we make rational choices post event?
X : What are you saying?
Me : If you're using the body and brain as a metaphor then direction is set in the gut and leadership spends a lot of its time convincing itself that the choices it made mattered? Is that the metaphor you're after?
X : No.
Me : Well? What then?
X : Trying to explain the importance of leadership.
Me : Tricky one.
X : Why?
Me : Most of it is an artificial and self reinforcing construct of the social systems that we've created in the past.
X : What does that mean?
Me : Its current form is probably not necessary. A relic.
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11 May
X : Thoughts on the Queen's speech?
Me : It was fine? What are you after?
X : Any alarm bells?
Me : Oh. There are some ... can we talk about the good first?
X : Prefer the alarm bells.
Me : Hmmm ... ok ...
1) "Patients will receive more tailored and preventative care" ... this could be a step towards patient budgets, a fast track way to privatise healthcare. Keep an eye on the legislation around this, especially ideas on promoting patient choice.
2) "legislation to establish an advanced research agency" ... the moonshot approach of DARPA. We tried that with track and trace. Awareness of context is really important for the type of investments and so don't expect much here, UK isn't playing with China's skill.
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11 May
X : Have you come across PESTLE?
Me : Yes.
X : And?
Me : Do you remember my map vs SWOT and what would you use to learn, to challenge and to communicate?
X : Yes.
Me : Well, PESTLE is a more detailed examination of opportunities and threats into various categories. In terms of situational awareness, it's even more removed than SWOTs.
X : Not a fan?
Me : They are nice categories to think about, nothing more.
X : Not useful for strategy?
Me : They are nice categories for talking about. If you're building strategy then you'll need to map and apply thought. PESTLE like SWOT is a useful aid to remind you to consider these things, same with business model canvas.
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