ZD 26.14: Spreadsheet Shape

Spreadsheets changed the world and more thoughts from the week.

🧮 How the Spreadsheet Reshaped America (David Oks)
The spreadsheet was a tool that let managers and policymakers imagine in numbers, enabling the age of financial engineering and changing organizations and America.

🧨 The De-Institutionalization of Society (Russell Clark)
We live in a world where you no longer need access to large institutions. The distribution of information means individuals now trade in spaces once reserved for the state. You need your own shingle.

🎙️ 8 Interviews That Will Make You a Better Investor (Jimmy's Journal)
Eight interviews with investing legends that will give you structure and perspective for your investment strategy.

🤩 There Is Not Enough Claude (Oguz Erkan)
If AI is truly a self-improving, general-purpose technology then we will see a massive increase in AI demand, commensurate with improved AI capabilities.

🖼️ How to Design in English (The Circuit)
How to partner with your AI designer more precisely.

🍗 Why China Hates Buffalo Wings (Chinese Cooking Demystified)
Buffalo wings were designed around bland 1960s American palates and it shows.

🖨️ The McNamara Family of Fallacies (Sketchplanations)
Measuring what matters, without creating perverse incentives, is much harder than it sounds.

The Look

Microsoft named 80 products ‘Copilot.’ Tey Bannerman’s interactive graphic illustrates the confusion.

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