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Calm Down, Doomers. There Is No Sign of Cultural Decline.

From Cambrian explosions to infinite Blue Oceans: the "End of Creativity" is a hallucination.

Dec 15, 2025 • Jurgen Appelo

The Stochastic Parrot vs. the Sophistic Monkey: Why I Trust AI More Than Most Humans

In a world drowning in human bias and misinformation, artificial intelligence offers surprisingly reasonable answers.

Oct 20, 2025 • Jurgen Appelo

Scrum Is Done. Finished. History.

We're going to need dual-track business agility.

Oct 9, 2025 • Jurgen Appelo

Why Ravens May Rule the Future of Work

M-Skilled Workers Are Becoming the Ultimate Orchestrators in an AI-Driven World

Sep 22, 2025 • Jurgen Appelo

“You are arrogant, condescending, and disrespectful.”

From Negative Feedback to Constructive Criticism—An Introspection

Aug 14, 2025 • Jurgen Appelo

The Monster Setup Guide to Substack

Everything I Wish I Knew Before Launching on Substack. (Any gig worker preparing for the future of work on Substack will love this.)

Apr 17, 2025 • Jurgen Appelo

LLMs Are Like Politicians—Confidently Wrong

How to Use AIs with a Critical Mind … Six Techniques for Skeptics. (Surviving as a gig worker in the age of AI.)

Apr 7, 2025 • Jurgen Appelo

The Four Moats Theory™

Who needs Deloitte, McKinsey, and Accenture, when you have agentic AI?

Feb 13, 2025 • Jurgen Appelo

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