Living in the Year 2030, AI Companies Don’t Actually Like You Using AI, Amazon is a Mess, TV Ads Are About to Get Worse, and Trump Wants to Sell Everything.
I live in Oz. I have an Amazon account in the UK - setup for 6 people - Christmas and Birthdays. That is a max of 12 purchases a year.....and keep getting Prime offers...every F****** time. I have told them 'never', but they still offer me blah and blah.
This is my favorite of your posts. There are a few great nuggests (e.g. slow down the news, a bi of ignorance (about current events) is positive, the last mile(s) of travel negate the benefits of supersonic travel. Thank you.
excellent, as ever. Your reminder of the swirl we are in, the fact it is by design and that no-one can know everything are key. Also reminds me of the figure that 80% of everything usually junk (masquerading as important...)
Amazon is successful only when it creates something where customers don't interact with people – e-commerce or cloud computing. E-commerce is for those who don't like to talk to people, or for those who don't want to talk to people in this particular situation. But as soon as Amazon tries to create something in the world where people want to communicate with people, it fails. And I hear the echo of Bezos's words: "Marketing research is useless" here.
Can I add Amazon Prime - to the Amazon in a Mess?
I live in Oz. I have an Amazon account in the UK - setup for 6 people - Christmas and Birthdays. That is a max of 12 purchases a year.....and keep getting Prime offers...every F****** time. I have told them 'never', but they still offer me blah and blah.
#sofrustrated
This is my favorite of your posts. There are a few great nuggests (e.g. slow down the news, a bi of ignorance (about current events) is positive, the last mile(s) of travel negate the benefits of supersonic travel. Thank you.
Fabulous piece. Calmed me down bigly. 🙈🤣
Really fantastic issue - every link is pure gold. Thank you!
excellent, as ever. Your reminder of the swirl we are in, the fact it is by design and that no-one can know everything are key. Also reminds me of the figure that 80% of everything usually junk (masquerading as important...)
Great issue, as ever.
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Amazon is successful only when it creates something where customers don't interact with people – e-commerce or cloud computing. E-commerce is for those who don't like to talk to people, or for those who don't want to talk to people in this particular situation. But as soon as Amazon tries to create something in the world where people want to communicate with people, it fails. And I hear the echo of Bezos's words: "Marketing research is useless" here.
Loved the point about Amazon’s mess and tech people undervaluing retail instincts. Data’s powerful, but it can’t replace actual human understanding.
Brilliant, always look forward to your emails! Thank you