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ai:Pod 046 – Normal Accidents, Performance vs Robustness: Hamant, Zucman & Perrow
Normal Accidents and the Robustness Principle
November 2025
Normal Accidents and the Robustness Principle
Charles Perrow’s theory of inevitable system failures and Olivier Hamant’s principle of robustness challenge society’s dangerous obsession with performance, advocating instead for redundancy and reduced optimization to ensure long-term survival.
Applying Robustness to Tax Systems
Gabriel Zucman’s proposed 2% minimum wealth tax on fortunes above €100 million applies robustness principles to create an evasion-proof fiscal system that addresses how billionaires currently pay half the tax rate of average citizens.
Get more robust & less performant?
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ai:Pod 045 – AI’s Impact on Safety, Education, and Your User Experience Design Career
Beyond the Carrot we all need to go forward…
November 2025
Hardly half a day passes without headlines heralding another rapid advancement in Artificial Intelligence. We are told that AI is getting smarter, faster, and more capable at an exponential rate.
But the most critical insights about AI’s true impact are not in the headlines.
They are counter-intuitive truths that fundamentally change how we should think about technology, security, and our own careers.
Education & user experience design by 2030.
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ai:Pod 041 – The Political Economy of AI: Control and Social exploitation True cost
The Algorithm’s True Cost: 5 Disturbing AI Realities We Need to Really Face Beyond the Buzzwords
October 2025
Every day, we are told that Artificial Intelligence is a revolutionary force poised to reshape our world. The headlines promise unprecedented efficiency, boundless creativity, and a future free from human drudgery.
This narrative of inevitable progress is powerful, persistent, and deeply misleading.
Learn about AI’s true societal costs.
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From Word-lego Blocks towards Super-Smart AI Friends: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 2026 AI Revelations and Predictions From Nobel Prize in Physics, “AI-godfather” Professor Geoffrey Hinton and UX design and Usability-guru, Pioneer Jakob Nielsen. Ever wondered how…
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I have two things for you for celebrating the New Year: 1. kinokast ai:Pods , my new Gemini 3 “Gem” app that makes it easy for you to navigate kinokast and ai:Pods 2. A New Symbol of…
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Read a very short tiny story I wrote for Christmas. Spoiler: it is about Alex and Lia. Select your favourite language below.The story was first written in my mother tongue; if you can, read the original in…
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5 Truths About Artificial Intelligence toward 2026 Based on recent research and reporting, these truths challenge our core assumptions about what this technology is and where it is leading us. Here are five astonishing facts that reveal…
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The End of an Era The great AI “Age of Scaling” is coming to a close. This period, roughly spanning 2020 to 2025, was defined by a deceptively simple recipe for progress: add more data and more…
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ai:Pod 050 – Nothing artificial about AI. Language is Vulnerable: Data Leaks & Looming Dis-education
Beyond Data Theft: Linguistic “Dis-education” in the Age of World Models (“spatial AI”) November 2025 To the NotebookLM: ai:Pod 050 – Nothing artificial about AI – Linguistic Vulnerability: Data Leaks & Dis-education. Curated current research sources in…
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2% chance against the global spreading of “Normal Accidents”.Shifting The Goals of Performance Towards Creating Robustness in System Biology and Fiscal Economics (Charles Perrow, Olivier Hamant, Gabriel Zucman) November 2025 “Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies” is…
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Beyond the Carrot we all do need for going forward… Hardly half a day passes without headlines heralding another rapid advancement in Artificial Intelligence. We are told that AI is getting smarter, faster, and more capable at…
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5 Surprising Truths About Wealth and Power in 2025 English How French Socioliogist Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) Explains Economist Gabriel Zucman’s Tax Fights in France and abroad in 2025 The public debate over wealth inequality often feels like…
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The Algorithm’s True Cost: 5 Disturbing AI Realities We Need to Really Face Beyond the Buzzwords Every day, we are told that Artificial Intelligence is a revolutionary force poised to reshape our world. The headlines promise unprecedented…
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French academic scientists, the economist Frederic Lordon and philosopher Barbara Stiegler on failing neoliberalism embodied by French President Emmanuel Macron (2025) French text below | Lire en langue française A quite serious note about this GenAI header…
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To the aiPods list Five Radical Ideas Reshaping Our Understanding of Power, Work and Politics Reclaiming sovereignty—over our work, minds, and political systems—against those who control our lives These five ideas share a common thread: reclaiming sovereignty—over…
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Explore & learn with AI – The UX Designer’s Guide to AI That Actually Works Designing the user experience for Human Agentic Interaction (Audio: English, French, Dutch) Building AI interfaces feels like trying to sketch something that’s…
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aiPod episode 030, “The Fragile Architecture of Trust: Humanity’s Organic Shield Against AI’s Radical Unintelligence,” examines the delicate balance between human trust and AI’s limitations. The episode emphasizes the importance of transparency and ethical considerations in AI…
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Dutch chipmaker ASML is investing 1.3 billion euros in French AI startup Mistral AI in a bid to boost Europe’s tech independence. The deal puts Mistral’s valuation at nearly $12 billion. Reuters reports that ASML is leading…
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AI and Your Brain Resilience – Navigating Hype Technology and True Human Connection Snake oil potential: Unlock Your Brain’s Full Potential in the AI Era? Introducing a potentially controversial mimic aiPod 028! Are you navigating the rapidly…
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