Paul Papadimitriou

Catch me if you can
When the odds are so small that they are difficult to conceptualize, the risk we perceive has less to do with outcomes than with how much fear or hope we are feeling when we make a decision, how we “frame” and organize sets of logical facts, and even how we perceive ourselves in relation to others. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
In the data rich world of tomorrow, all incoming data should come with a question it answers, adding more context and thus constantly enhancing the experience. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
fear and regret are the flipsides of hope and dreams—all are powerful emotions that when tapped can cause us to relinquish rationality, to act on instinct, even to make decisions that might not be in our best interest. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
Probably the best strategy for avoiding disrupters – which is not covered in the book – is to avoid vulnerable sectors such as entertainment or information retailing. Try banking, instead. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
Quitting a job is not so difficult after all, I discovered. Once you make up your mind to get rid of something, there’s very little you can’t discard. No—not very little. Once you put your mind to it, there’s nothing you can’t get rid of. And once you start tossing things out, you find yourself wanting to get rid of everything. It’s as if you’d... - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
A Morning in Shinjuku, by tokyoreporter  - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
This is what anxiety is: not fear, but a self-propelled treadmill. It’s worry in search of a target, turning biologically engrained defence mechanisms inward in the absence of concrete threats. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
If Ello fails and your contributions are lost, right now impermanence feels like mischief - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
timemagazine: Watch Belgian superstar Stromae decode his biggest music videos. A truly fantastic song writer and artist. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
The last episode of season of The Digital Loop is in the can! S02E24 — Big Bang Disruption Ivan and I debate on the merits of the concept of the Big Bang Disruption concept, an accelerated version of Christensen’s Innovator’s Dilemma. Video on YouTube. Audio on Soundcloud (or on iTunes). thedigitalloop: What is the Big Bang Disruption? - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
What I’m getting at here is that for over a decade the marketing industry has been confused. They’ve confused media technology with consumer behavior. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
The falling price of photos has caused tension between Getty and the photographers who rely on it to license their work. But for many photographers, free is way scarier than cheap. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
‘New Era (Puma Scorz Remix)’ by Nikolay Kempinskiy feat. Love Dimension is my new jam. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
those early conversations with your parents implicitly told you which details are important to remember about the things that happen to you, and which are not. And because parents’ conversations with girls include references to both more information and more emotion, they’re setting their daughters up to have stronger memories over their lives - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
It’s unfortunate that the improbable story of Lost had to end that way. But you could feel it coming. For me, it was somewhere around the middle of season three when I realized that they could not possibly finish this thing without disappointing some people. For as rabid as the fan base was during the show, they would be even more rabid in their... - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
There is currently no evidence to suggest that Internet use has or has not had a profound effect on brain development. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
If there is a rule on the book, we don’t allow it to be violated simply because the innovation is cool. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
Using The iPhone 6 And 6 Plus On A Real Disneyland Trip - http://techcrunch.com/2014...
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
The seventy-five years and twenty million dollars expended on the Grant Study points to a straightforward five-word conclusion: Happiness is love. Full stop. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of @ApptainAmerica @activrightbrain #Silicon2014 https://twitter.com/papadim...
“Kill email” @claireburge's mission needed to be written on @Artefact_Cards #Silicon2014 https://twitter.com/papadim...
Thank you for the opportunity to get on stage with you all today. Fantastic time. @SiliconBeachUK @mattdesmier #Silicon2014
If I want to persuade you, what I need to do is pitch my arguments so that they’re in the range of a bubble around your current belief; it’s not too far from your current belief, but it’s within this bubble. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...
brycedotvc: Facebook ownes 3 of the Top 5 most addictive apps on mobile. Full report on mobile habits here. - http://papadimitriou.tumblr.com/post...