All posts by: Thomas Cagley

Social Choice and Individual Behavior, Re-read Saturday, Development as Freedom, Chapter 11, Week 9

The fun part of reading and then rereading a book is knowing what is to come in Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen. I am jumping to Chapter 11 for... Read More

Real-time Collaboration Is Key to Success, A Conversation WIth John Conafay, SPaMCAST 853

The SPaMCAST 853 features our interview with John Conafay. CEO and Co-Founder of Integrate. John and I talked about program management in complex environments and real-time collaboration. In complex environments... Read More

The Importance of Democracy, Re-read Saturday, Development as Freedom, Chapter 6, Week 8

Opening Chapter 6, Sen asks, “Why bother about the finesse of political freedoms given the overpowering grossness of intense economic needs?” If we wanted to boil the chapter down to... Read More

Scaling Or Allocating – Only One Is Real, Are You A Resource, Essays and Conversation With Jeremy Berriault, SPaMCAST 852

SPaMCAST 852 features our essay on scaling attention. Seth Godin’s observation that attention doesn’t scale highlights a crucial point: attention, like time, is a finite resource. We often conflate scaling... Read More

Accessibility Is An Ethical Issue, A Conversation With Mike Paciello, SPaMCAST 851

SPaMCAST 851 will feature our interview with Mike Paciello. Accessibility which should be a basic human right has always been a struggle and now seems even farther from reality. Mike... Read More

Poverty as Capability Deprivation, Re-read Saturday, Development as Freedom, Week 6, Chapter 4

In Chapter 4 of Development as Freedom, Sen states that value is generated based on the “freedoms a person enjoys that allows them to lead the life they have reason... Read More

Change Resistance or Apathy, More on Manipulation and Persuasion, Essays and Conversations With Susan Parente SPaMCAST 850

Several weeks ago I spent too much time in the middle of the night considering a scenario of apparent change resistance. I concluded that not everything that looks like resistance... Read More

Freedom and the Foundations of Justice, Re-read Saturday, Development as Freedom, Week 5, Chapter 3

The author uses the discussion of Rawlsian theory of justice as fairness to set the tone and table for Chapter 3 of f Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen. The... Read More

Industrialization of AI, A Conversation With Barzan Mosafari, SPaMCAST 849

SPaMCAST 849 features our interview with Prof. Barzan Mosafari. Mr Mosaari is the co-founder and CEO of Keebo.ai. We talked about the industrialization of AI and using AI to deliver... Read More

Development as Freedom, Re-read Saturday Week 4, Chapter 2, The Ends and the Means of Development

In Chapter 2 of Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen, the author takes a deep dive into the goals and mechanisms of development. The chapter begins by contrasting two common... Read More