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Simone Salis

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Head of Innovation & AI Systems. I ship production AI where the rules are strict. Founder of Agensum. Italian aesthetics, American pragmatism.

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28 from 23 May 2023 to 21 Oct 2026
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now and then (5 in the last year)
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2026 5

  1. Going Somewhere
  2. The Photographer Who Takes No Pictures
  3. For a Business, Should Making (Extra) Money Be Incidental?
  4. Every Enemy Wears Your Face
  5. HyperJIS: One Keyboard Layout, Any Apple Machine

2025 8

  1. The Postcard and the Thing Itself (On Falling in Love with Ideas)
  2. The Mirror With No Reflection
  3. Consumerism: The First Universal Religion Humans Actually Practice
  4. What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
  5. The Antiportfolio: Counter-advice for Aspiring Artists
  6. Your Teenage Self is Not a Bug, It's a Feature
  7. Why I Make Smart Devices Dumber: A Privacy Advocate's Reflection
  8. The Attention Wars: Why Creative Time Is Now Contraband

2024 12

  1. AI ‘Street Photography’ Isn’t Photography: What We Lose by Simulating Experience
  2. Beyond Borgmann: Single-Task Tools and the Future of Meaningful Technology
  3. The Productivity Paradox: Why Doing More Leads to Less
  4. In Praise of Inconvenience: The Hidden Costs of a Convenient World
  5. The Tapestry of Influence: The Inspirations That Shape Us
  6. Being a Bridge Person
  7. The Art of Deliberate Friction-Building
  8. The Market's Digestive System: How Radical Ideas Become Marketing Gimmicks
  9. The Tyranny of Defaults: Why the Worst Monopolies Are in Your Mind
  10. Seeking Purpose and Connection in Disconnected Times
  11. The Lost Art of Single-Tasking Devices
  12. Overreality – How Tech Is Betting on Your Discontent with Reality

2023 3

  1. The Unwisdom Cheat Sheet
  2. Tassajara, the Architecture of Silence
  3. How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul