Danny Devriendt dannydevriendt

My Asimov audit: stress‑testing a doomsday machine Asimov’s law ethical stress test on AI: water, energy, IP theft, anthropomorphism and ego-driven AGI dreams. Spoiler: we’re failing.

I’m not an AI doomer. I’m a power user. That’s exactly why this bothers me: we keep calling these things “helpful assistants” while the real story is industrial-scale extraction (data, attention, electricity, water, IP) and an ego-driven race to AGI.
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17.02.2026 16:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

The age of insularity: trust is the new currency Edelman’s 2026 Trust Barometer suggests we’ve entered an age of insularity: people retreating into smaller, safer circles, refusing to trust anyone who doesn’t share their values, facts, or tribe. Bus...

The age of insularity: trust is the new currency heliade.net/the-age-of-i...

11.02.2026 19:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Never miss Brain Day Curiosity isn’t a personality trait. It’s a metabolic requirement. In a world accelerating into complexity, the real danger isn’t AI making us lazy, but people abandoning curiosity, scrutiny, and cont...

Never miss brain day. Curiosity isn’t a vibe. It’s daily training. Questions, references, friction. That’s how you stay upright when the river speeds up. heliade.net/never-miss-b...

07.02.2026 12:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pigs in space: a data center for the stars (and an IPO for june) Pigs in space. On February 2, 2026, Elon Musk announced SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI, a “merger” that feels too small for the scale being implied: roughly $1.25 trillion of valuation and a not-so-subtl...

Pigs in space: a data center for the stars (and an IPO for june) heliade.net/pigs-in-spac...

03.02.2026 21:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Tri-Lego dilemma After thirty years of strategy work, I’ve learned that most briefs are confident answers pretending to be questions. The real work starts when you pause, zoom out, and ask whether what’s being asked i...

The Tri-Lego dilemma: Thirty years of strategy taught me this: building what’s on the box is easy. Dumping the LEGO, questioning the question, and choosing the right thing to build, that’s the real work heliade.net/the-tri-lego...

25.01.2026 22:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The check engine light on civilization just turned red The check engine light on civilization just flickered, and now everyone’s driving a little slower without admitting why. From Belgium’s grey sky to Davos-level delusion, the old post-1991 script is cr...

The check engine light on civilization just flickered.

Will tech accelerate a new social contract? We’re pouring cheap “intelligence” into institutions built for a slower world: work rewrites, power concentrates, trust thins. Redesign the deal, or pressure will.
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23.01.2026 09:43 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The accidental martyrdom of Petra De Sutter I know Petra De Sutter well enough to tell you she’s usually the smartest person in the room. Last week, at UGent’s New Year’s reception, she faceplanted into the dumbest trap of our era: AI-generated...

Petra De Sutter got caught in a GenAI trap. The reaction? Pure hypocrisy. We're trying to run universities like it's 1987. Newsflash: The algo is out. Instead of burning witches, maybe we should start teaching people how to use the magic? heliade.net/the-accident...

16.01.2026 11:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Your five-year plan is a fantasy novel (with a Gibson dystopian ending) Your five-year plan looks calm, linear, and reassuring, right up until it touches reality. Written from a boardroom that smells like panic and PowerPoint, this is a field report on why long-range cert...

A boardroom: uncertainty is treated like a virus and linear thinking is still considered “vision.” It’s about why those plans keep failing, why “difficult” people notice first, and why neuroelasticity matters when the world won’t behave.

Read at your own risk. heliade.net/your-five-ye...

15.01.2026 21:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The LinkedIN algorithm demands a sacrifice, but I’m fresh out of goats The LinkedIn algorithm rewards noise, but on LinkedIn, in a storm of AI generated content, silence is sometimes the smartest strategy.

Social Media algorithms demand a sacrifice, but I’m fresh out of goats heliade.net/the-linkedin...

11.01.2026 17:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

2026: the year friction shows its teeth 2026 is the year friction shows its teeth.AI, geopolitics, energy, and trust collide. Rethink systems, leadership, and strategy.

My vision for 2026:
Friction is back.
Not as a bug, but as a signal that systems, leaders, and technologies are finally meeting reality.
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28.12.2025 15:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Org Chart Is dead. Long live the Work Chart The org chart no longer explains how work gets done. As AI agents enter the workforce, companies need a Work Chart: a living map of tasks, decisions, and value flow across humans and machines. This es...

The Org Chart Is dead. Long live the Work Chart heliade.net/the-org-char...

22.12.2025 16:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Save the Red Monkey: it will save you A brutal look at AI-era layoffs and the rise of the contrarian: why saving your Red Monkeys may be the only way to future-proof your company.

Layoffs again. Amazon. Microsoft. Accenture. IBM. Google.
Less coordination, more creation. Fewer layers, more AI.
The middle of the corporate pyramid is melting like Swiss cheese at an office raclette.
Save the Red Monkey. It will save you heliade.net/red-monkey/

07.11.2025 11:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s Friday: a fuming Brain Rot rant A savage take on “brain rot”: how attention economics dulls our minds... and what to do about it at home, in schools, and in media.

A savage take on “brain rot”: how attention economics dulls our minds... and what to do about it at home, in schools, and in media. heliade.net/its-friday-a...

24.10.2025 10:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The woman who taught me to listen Jane Goodall: the woman who taught me to listen to primates, to the planet, to responsibility. Memory, humility, and hope put to work

From a 1969 kid devouring National Geographic to a dad: Jane Goodall kept me honest about our duty to this planet. One day I hope to show Tara the gorillas in the mist. #dannythingsyoumightunderstand #OnePlanet heliade.net/the-woman-wh...

02.10.2025 10:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tolerance is a dangerous choice From DC power grabs to Project 2025 and school book bans, this is a blunt reminder: use your voice, draw the line, keep democracy breathing.

Tolerance without limits kills democracy. From immunity shields to book bans and body control, this calls you to draw lines and use your voice. Now. heliade.net/tolerance-is...

12.08.2025 15:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

42 lessons From 100,000 Miles Explore the 100,000 mile project, an ongoing journey about life, travel, and staying mentally engaged in a busy world.

42 lessons From 100,000 Miles heliade.net/42-lessons-f...

11.08.2025 15:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Read Asimov before you ship another bot Isaac Asimov’s robot laws still hold the blueprint for AI ethics today. Build with values first, not as an afterthought.

Before you code your next bot, read Asimov. His robot laws outclass your compliance deck... and might just save us from our own tech. heliade.net/read-asimov-...

09.08.2025 20:36 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0