Futures @salesforce. I also publish Patchwork, a semi-regular dispatch about patchy futures, fading memories, and new fascinations.
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Joined August 2009
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For a long time, I felt like the hard work of writing was at odds with the presence of technological distraction. But what if our tools could help us find the ideas we're looking for and stitch them together?
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The crazier things get, the more I listen to Bill Evans. open.substack.com/pub/davidb…
Patchwork -- Patch # 17: Cheat codes vs. the state of play davidberthy.substack.com/p/p…
Patch #14: Broken machinery, Robert Adams, and letting go of illusions in the new west open.substack.com/pub/davidb…
Patchwork -- Patch #13: What our AirPods tell us about the future davidberthy.substack.com/p/p…
Listening to Mr. Zimmerman, Daniel Lanois, and these crack studio players get uncomfortable on these bonus discs is revelatory. pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…
Patchwork -- Patch #12: Future blindness in times of uncertainty davidberthy.substack.com/p/p…
Patchwork -- Patch #11: Shopping in private vs. daydreaming in public davidberthy.substack.com/p/p…
Nice encapsulation of some of our team's work on the future of trust & tech.
Delighted to see this byline from @peterschwartz2 (with help from @davidberthy) drawing on our Salesforce Futures team's work on the future of trust and technology, recognizing the dangers we face but also pointing to better possibilities fortune.com/2023/01/17/techn…
"Behind the imaginary ideal of full self-driving vehicles, we reveal not only the desire for a world without accidents, but also a world without thought—an entirely predictable world." thephilosophicalsalon.com/ca…
Patch #10: Lost in Manhattan, nightswimming, and Richard Brautigan open.substack.com/pub/davidb…