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Dirk Songuer

Dirk Songuer

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Jan 17

The bleak art project that comments on our current ideas of the future

The Neo Robot tells us something deep and scary about our current idea of the future and we should be ashamed.

The bleak art project that comments on our current ideas of the future

Dirk Songuer

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Jun 24, 2025

Cans, Bottles, and Social Inertia in Environmental Regulation

This is an article about business innovation, I promise. But first, let’s set this up by talking about something polarizing: Bottle caps.

Cans, Bottles, and Social Inertia in Environmental Regulation

Dirk Songuer

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Apr 25, 2025

Thinking About and Dealing with Radical & Disruptive Innovation

Let’s talk about innovation and if radical or disruptive innovation in an industry always leads to the inevitable death of the incumbents.

Thinking About and Dealing with Radical & Disruptive Innovation

Dirk Songuer

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Jan 16, 2025

TikTok, Xiaohongshu and Cultural Soft Power

We are living through one of these weird Internet Moments right now.

Dirk Songuer

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Dec 28, 2024

Looking back at 2024

Twentytwentyfour was a wild year for me. The fact that I didn’t have a corporate job, wasn’t part of a larger organization, didn’t have a…

Looking back at 2024

Dirk Songuer

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Nov 8, 2024

The Big Red Button

Ever since I saw Russel Davies’ talk at the Lift Conference in 2010 called “Printing the internet” I was obsessed. Obsessed with a button.

The Big Red Button

Dirk Songuer

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Sep 10, 2024

AI Hubs are the new Innovation Labs

Do you remember a couple of years back when every big organization spent a ton of money to build an “Innovation Lab”?

Dirk Songuer

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Jun 24, 2024

AI Disclosure is literally meaningless in a professional context

AI disclaimers or disclosures are pretty much meaningless as they don’t address and of the relevant questions.

AI Disclosure is literally meaningless in a professional context

Dirk Songuer

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Jun 19, 2024

A Severe Lack of Situational Awareness

I think there is a growing disconnect between the acceleration of required resources and impact of AI

A Severe Lack of Situational Awareness

Dirk Songuer

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Nov 13, 2023

The Humane AI Pin. What, what, what?

The Humane AI Pin reminds me of the Microsoft KIN phone.

The Humane AI Pin. What, what, what?

Dirk Songuer

Dirk Songuer

Living in Berlin / Germany, loving technology, society, good food, well designed games and this world in general. Views are mine, k?

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