Cristian

“One probable near-term outcome of AI and a through-line in all three of the scenarios is the emergence of what I’ll call a “personal data record,” or PDR. This is a single unifying ledger that includes all of the data we create as a result of our digital usage (think internet and mobile phones), but it would also include other sources of information: our school and work histories (diplomas, previous and current employers); our legal records (marriages, divorces, arrests); our financial records (home mortgages, credit scores, loans, taxes); travel (countries visited, visas); dating history (online apps); health (electronic health records, genetic screening results, exercise habits); and shopping history (online retailers, in-store coupon use). In China, a PDR would also include all the social credit score data described in the last chapter.”
― Amy Webb, The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” — ELEANOR ROOSEVELT”
― David Robinson, The Substance of Leadership: A Practical Framework for Effectively Leading a High-Performing Team

“The Halifax-Bank of Scotland merger brought to an end the greatest wave of consolidation in British banking history, wholly reshaping the industry in just a few years. It had begun with NatWest bidding for Legal & General; that caused the Bank of Scotland to make a surprise hostile bid for NatWest which it lost to Royal Bank of Scotland. In the meantime Lloyds bid for Abbey National which then approached Bank of Scotland – which merged with Halifax. It seemed like a great game of musical chairs, with Lloyds, which had earlier lost Midland to HSBC, the one left out.”
― Ivan Fallon, Black Horse Ride: The Inside Story of Lloyds and the Banking Crisis

“The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in war.”
― David Robinson, The Substance of Leadership: A Practical Framework for Effectively Leading a High-Performing Team