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MMR Nmd<p>Just love these words taken from Steve <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Hofstetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hofstetter</span></a>"s account on a social media I promised myself I'd never screenshoot again. Since only the message is important.<br>_____</p><p>"I'm all for banning athletes born with an unfair competitive advantage over their field. That's why we should immediately ban rich children from all sports.</p><p>Top-notch equipment?<br>Private coaches?<br>Travel leagues?<br>I'm sorry if this offends you but that's just not natural.</p><p>That's just not how sports were when | was growing up.<br>Won't someone think of the children?"</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CompetitiveAdvantage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CompetitiveAdvantage</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RichKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichKids</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sport</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WorkingClassKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingClassKids</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UnfairSportAdvantage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnfairSportAdvantage</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UnfairAdvantage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnfairAdvantage</span></a></p>
Richard R Lee<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Snowflake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snowflake</span></a> Market Opportunity for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a>'s has been captured already by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DrStrangelove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrStrangelove</span></a> and his disciples. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> are going for the '<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Everyman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Everyman</span></a> Market segment' (the largest in volume everywhere) and may just capture it. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Utility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utility</span></a> vs. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Price" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Price</span></a> is its source of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CompetitiveAdvantage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CompetitiveAdvantage</span></a>. Others cannot match it, especially the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigThree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigThree</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Strategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strategy</span></a> 101. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectricVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricVehicles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/business/china-electric-vehicles.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0.p1q3.7xCs_tOtVq_i&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/05/01/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/china-electric-vehicles.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0.p1q3.7xCs_tOtVq_i&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
A land fit for all our futures<p>This week I quit my <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PublicSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSector</span></a> role</p><p>It's been a very long time coming</p><p>It was the gibberish and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/hype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hype</span></a> around <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> that finally did for me</p><p>On top of the myopic pursuit of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>growth</span></a> and worrying about <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CompetitiveAdvantage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CompetitiveAdvantage</span></a> (in a world on the edge of collapse)</p><p>And the lack of recognition, ever, that their entire <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GeoAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoAI</span></a> programme came out of my work - the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> that I initiated and the team that I trained </p><p>And that that work, and the amazing, but tiny, teams now working on it, remain under-resourced and locked into a predatory platform provider </p><p>And the financial disadvantage of being in a role that is intended to work to longer than annual horizons in an organisation that cannot retain even a Teams message for longer than 6 months</p><p>I do see recent potential that all that could change but I no longer have the stamina to see those changes through</p><p>My last act, with two of my gorgeous colleagues, was to draft a <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ResponsibleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResponsibleAI</span></a> charter - it needs a lot of work but there was a glimmer of hope in the way it was received</p><p>My heart and spirit are broken, but I feel flutters of excitement about what lies ahead</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AIHype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIHype</span></a></p>
A land fit for all our futures<p>This week I quit my <a href="https://climatejustice.rocks/tags/PublicSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSector</span></a> role</p><p>It's been a very long time coming</p><p>It was the gibberish and <a href="https://climatejustice.rocks/tags/hype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hype</span></a> around <a href="https://climatejustice.rocks/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> that finally did for me</p><p>On top of the myopic pursuit of <a href="https://climatejustice.rocks/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>growth</span></a> and worrying about <a href="https://climatejustice.rocks/tags/CompetitiveAdvantage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CompetitiveAdvantage</span></a> (in a world on the edge of collapse)</p><p>And the lack of recognition, ever, that their entire <a href="https://climatejustice.rocks/tags/GeoAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoAI</span></a> programme came out of my work - the <a href="https://climatejustice.rocks/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> that I initiated and the team that I trained </p><p>And that that work, and the amazing, but tiny, teams now working on it, remain under-resourced and locked into a predatory platform provider </p><p>And the financial disadvantage of being in a role that is intended to work to longer than annual horizons in an organisation that cannot retain even a Teams message for longer than 6 months</p><p>I do see recent potential that all that could change but I no longer have the stamina to see those changes through</p><p>My last act, with two of my gorgeous colleagues, was to draft a <a href="https://climatejustice.rocks/tags/ResponsibleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResponsibleAI</span></a> charter - it needs a lot of work but there was a glimmer of hope in the way it was received</p><p>My heart and spirit are broken, but I feel flutters of excitement about what lies ahead</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.rocks/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.rocks/tags/AIHype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIHype</span></a></p>