Andrew Farrand
@afarrand.bsky.social
MENA energy analyst | author of The Algerian Dream | American abroad
Forced top-down change rarely sticks. And good tech doesn't need it.
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Forced top-down change rarely sticks. And good tech doesn't need it.
The 'success case' cited is also dubious:
Cybersecurity firm Mimecast named a VP of AI who brought in consultants to shove AI down every employee's throat.
The VP says it's going great - adoption is up. But what about business results? None cited.
Cybersecurity firm Mimecast named a VP of AI who brought in consultants to shove AI down every employee's throat.
The VP says it's going great - adoption is up. But what about business results? None cited.
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The 'success case' cited is also dubious:
Cybersecurity firm Mimecast named a VP of AI who brought in consultants to shove AI down every employee's throat.
The VP says it's going great - adoption is up. But what about business results? None cited.
Cybersecurity firm Mimecast named a VP of AI who brought in consultants to shove AI down every employee's throat.
The VP says it's going great - adoption is up. But what about business results? None cited.
Technologies are tools. They are supposed to serve the human users.
We should be highly skeptical of any claims that the users must adapt themselves to their tools' affordances, rather than the other way around!
We should be highly skeptical of any claims that the users must adapt themselves to their tools' affordances, rather than the other way around!
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Technologies are tools. They are supposed to serve the human users.
We should be highly skeptical of any claims that the users must adapt themselves to their tools' affordances, rather than the other way around!
We should be highly skeptical of any claims that the users must adapt themselves to their tools' affordances, rather than the other way around!
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December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Reposted by Andrew Farrand
President Hernandez was serving 45 years in prison for a plot to distribute 400 tons of cocaine before Trump pardoned him. Meanwhile, Trump is murdering fishermen in small boats for allegedly smuggling far smaller amounts.
“Additionally, I Will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that | greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly.”
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
President Hernandez was serving 45 years in prison for a plot to distribute 400 tons of cocaine before Trump pardoned him. Meanwhile, Trump is murdering fishermen in small boats for allegedly smuggling far smaller amounts.
Reposted by Andrew Farrand
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Four Freedoms
Four Freedoms
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
For Freedom
Four Freedoms
Four Freedoms