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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.