Nathan Phinney: EssaysEssays by Nathan Phinney.https://nathanphinney.com/6 TV Shows That Get Technology So Righthttps://nathanphinney.com/top-6-tv-shows-that-get-technology-right/https://nathanphinney.com/top-6-tv-shows-that-get-technology-right/Television has a rocky relationship with technology. This is a list of six shows that capture the complexity, absurdity, and humanity in our relationship with it.Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTBe More Daring Than AIhttps://nathanphinney.com/be-more-daring-than-ai/https://nathanphinney.com/be-more-daring-than-ai/LLMs are talented at consensus, which means a flood of boring, derivative ideas. Humans have no choice but to take risks.Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTLLMs are very good at Family Feud.https://nathanphinney.com/llms-are-very-good-at-family-feud/https://nathanphinney.com/llms-are-very-good-at-family-feud/Large language models are very good at one kind of answer, the consensus answer. Used correctly, they are an amplifier for human creativity.Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT5 Ways to Force AI to Color Outside the Lineshttps://nathanphinney.com/5-ways-to-force-ai-to-color-outside-the-lines/https://nathanphinney.com/5-ways-to-force-ai-to-color-outside-the-lines/Five prompting strategies for pushing LLMs past consensus answers and conventional thinking.Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT9 Ways To Jump-start Communication At Your Companyhttps://nathanphinney.com/9-ways-to-jump-start-communication-at-your-company/https://nathanphinney.com/9-ways-to-jump-start-communication-at-your-company/Nine ways to jump-start communication at your company, from informal channels to no-meeting days.Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTUnconventional Results Require Unconventional Strategyhttps://nathanphinney.com/unconventional-results-require-unconventional-strategy/https://nathanphinney.com/unconventional-results-require-unconventional-strategy/If you want unconventional results, you have to do unconventional things. A story about two front page articles in the Las Vegas Sun.Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTFour Stocks You Can’t Buyhttps://nathanphinney.com/four-stocks-you-cant-buy/https://nathanphinney.com/four-stocks-you-cant-buy/Four privately held companies I wish I could own stock in: Cox Enterprises, Enterprise Rent A Car, EssilorLuxottica, and In-N-Out Burger.Sat, 06 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT