by linustan | Sep 1, 2025 | AI, AI Futures, AI Mindset, Culture
TL;DR: AI is revaluing polymathic curiosity. While academia and careers still push for specialisation, those who embrace curiosity drift and cultivate a shapeshifter mindset may thrive in the second renaissance. I’ve been thinking about Leonardo da Vinci. Not...
by linustan | Aug 18, 2025 | Behaviours, Culture, Talent
TL;DR: In academia, AI use is often kept quiet, likely to preserve intellectual credibility. This post explores the rise of stealth AI-ing and the quiet politics of competence that keep AI use hidden. When we talk about AI adoption in education, the...
by linustan | Jul 15, 2025 | Academia, AI Integration
TL;DR: Students live in a dopamine-driven world where attention is fragmented. Higher education must rethink its structures, leverage AI for multi-format learning, and defend the value of deep thinking without turning lecturers into performers. They are looking...
by linustan | Jul 14, 2025 | Academia, AI Integration
TL;DR: In the age of AI-assisted writing, our traditional understanding of plagiarism no longer fits. Professor Eaton’s idea of post-plagiarism offers a new framework for authorship, integrity, and trust in education. It started with something simple. I’d...
by linustan | Apr 23, 2025 | AI Integration, Systems
TL;DR: Most companies aren’t close to being transformed by AI, they’re still constructing the basics. Design must lead the shift by embedding itself from build to breakthrough. Artificial intelligence is everywhere right now, on slides, in pitches, and lining...
by linustan | Apr 7, 2025 | AI Integration, Culture
TL;DR: An AI meeting bot arrived unannounced and created an atmosphere of mistrust. This post explores why ambient AI needs intentional design around consent, inclusion, and presence. It was just another online meeting. A familiar grid of faces, a shared...
