What’s really interesting about this is the broad support Google has drummed up among platforms.

So it’s actually looks like a strategic focus, rather than just announcement for interest, relevance or whatever

Same, I enjoyed that book beginning to end.

I think your second point is the most revealing: government can’t get away with externalising the costs of unemployment the way a private company can.

A country can't externalise costs at all except to other countries, and I guess Trump's government is trying to do that. Might not be so easy, though, against other governments who for all their faults have a better grip on the differences between countries and corporations.

I’d draw the line at publishers.

Are you a publisher (ie responsible for every single thing that appears on your platform)? You can show advertising. Otherwise no.

I know this isn’t in the spirit of the article, but I like the idea of a ad-spaces and ad-free spaces.

Once again they proceed far beyond the reach of satirists

Have we learnt nothing? 100% utilisation of practically any resource will result in problems with either quality or schedules.

What, as an industry, do we need to do to learn this lesson?

It needs to be reflected faster in quarterly results. When the effect takes a year or two, nobody notices and there are too many other variables/externalities to place blame.

A good discussion. I've personally thought of political adherence similar to football teams. Fans are fans. That's it.

Escaping that tribalism or fandom is important, but you need to hold fast to your own sense of morality along the way.

Applying your own sense of right/wrong to political arguments and policies is a useful way to cut through the noise and distraction that accompanies political discourse.

I think it’s good to differentiate between ‘practice that makes a difference’ and ‘noodling about,’ in the words of my old teacher, which is practice that doesn’t concentrate on improving anything specific.

Is there a different word you’d choose? ‘Intentional’ is equally misused.

I like things like this not because I'm going to use it as a bible, but because it provides good coverage of responsibilities & concerns.

Unless you've got some great advisers or you worked under someone really great, no one's going to take you aside and give you a list of stuff you need to take care of once you're in this position.

For each section I'm asking - what's our answer to this? Do I agree with this? Is our process better? What have I missed? It's helpful.

Some people like videos, some like text. Both are an investment in effort and payoff. Gen AI makes it easy to do both now.