Author: sgarth
The Priority Tax: When AI Rewrites Who Gets Served First
Apple did not post a weak quarter, they delivered strong results and demand is not the problem. The problem is what is happening underneath the numbers: the AI infrastructure boom […]
Innovation Scapegoat: When Leaders Blame Technology for Bad Decisions
Once upon a time technology change moved slower, because constraints forced discipline. Release cycles were longer, security work was treated as infrastructure, training and testing were part of the cost […]
Stability Promised, Volatility Delivered
Every few months, the future of work changes. One minute, it is remote. Then it’s hybrid. Then it’s AI. Then it’s AI replacing humans. Then it’s automation. Then it’s trades […]
The Cost of Fragmented Feeds and Hollow Authority
There was a time when information moved together not because people agreed, but because the pathways to information were limited and shared. Before newspapers, news traveled by word of mouth: […]
Content Trap: Faster Content, No Human Oversight
In the past creative content was driven by something other than speed. People made content because they had something to say, not because a dashboard was blinking red or an algorithm […]
The Cost of Assuming to Know Your Audience
There are multiple reasons behind messaging failures but one of the top ones I have seen is the assumption that an organization message or product will automatically be accepted by […]
Why The Lack of AI Oversight Is a Threat to Public Trust
When technology touches something as crucial as public information, the results matter not just the promise of efficiency and innovation. That’s exactly what the recent controversy at The Washington Post […]
AI’s Dirty Secret: We Are Building Data Centers Faster Than We Are Thinking
With all this hype around AI every week from some new tool or headline, there is one thing not being talked about enough and that’s the increase of data centers; […]
The Data Collection Shift
People are paying more attention to what’s being tracked about them online and the old habit of letting companies follow you from site to site is starting to fade. Third-party […]
The Subscription Trap: Excuse to Rent Forever
More and more “minimalism” isn’t about simplicity, it’s more about a business model built on chronic subscription revenue. The rise of the subscription economy Subscription pricing used to feel like […]