28th Edition of Idealoading: Act's of Random Kindness!

January 7, 2024

28th Edition of Idealoading: Act's of Random Kindness!

Your weekly dose of #curiosity in technology, science 🧬, innovation and business🧐

Quick overview of this weeks curiosity Newsletter:

Act's of 'random kindness'! Platforms for kindness. Quantum: Noisy, error machines? What is low-light solar cell technology? Why we need a moonshot in computing?

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This weeks thoughts

The story begins: "Sitting in a full car with a flat tire, on the side of a German highway, 2 kids, getting dark, 280km still left to home, it reminded me of kindness"..... After 2 weeks of family time, thinking, reading, Tourskiing, running, and other snow fun, this is my first writing for 2024. First I want to thank all of you reading this newsletter of mine, sometimes fun, sometimes serious, always filled with curiosity and ideas. I hope you have a wonderful, a healthy, a happy 2024, filled with curiosity, amazing ideas and kindness.

The story continues: "the situation is dire, kids are hungry, all are tired, the road we are on now is in the middle of a forrest, a small town next to it. The service car with a mechanic joins us, but the tire is not fixable. 5 calls later, no joy, no spare tires, no replacement car, no hotel, nothing. I decide to call a friend, he drops everything drives 3h in one direction to pick us up, we get home, go to bed. Something I will never forget just happend, an act of kindness!"

Let us talk about something we need more in 2024: Act's of 'random kindness'! It seems like a strange topic to share in the world of technology and business. It is not. Kindness is a Super Power to have. It seems fluffy, even mushy. While the idea from the 80s still reflects it being a weakness. That narrative I feel needs to change. I personally have been trying to build my life, my career, my thinking around kindness. Always being helpfull how small or even it seems insignificant it seems to you. People remember that. It could be life changing for them. Act's of kindness spur other act's of kindness. It makes the world seem less gloomy. Kindness can also mean honesty. openness. A sharing of ideas. Disagreeing.

Remember, you can't control a situation, but you can control how you show up. One act of kindness at a time!

Quotes I'm thinking about

“I'VE LEARNED THAT PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU SAID, PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU DID, BUT PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.” Maya Angelou

“A SINGLE ACT OF KINDNESS THROWS OUT ROOTS IN ALL DIRECTIONS, AND THE ROOTS SPRING UP AND MAKE NEW TREES.” Amelia Earhart

This weeks Tech articles

Technology platforms to perform act's of kindness? How so I do that?

Quantum: Noisy, error machines? Or is that a thing of the past?

Green Tech

Battery free devices? What is low-light solar cell technology? New world of a sustainable internet of things awaits!

Curiosity read this week

Why we need a moonshot in computing? To keep advancing computation many steps have been taken, and chip acts are sprouting all over the place. The candidates for the needed breakthrough are 'abundant' but not there yet.

Books I'm (re)-reading

Another of those acts of kindness got this book passed down by Dr. Cara Antoine (thank you for the kindness) just started reading it but it is already amazing 🤩.

Podcast episode I liked this week

The Brain has always fascinated me and the intricate working of it: The New Frontiers of Mental Health — Dr. Nolan Williams on Brain Stimulation, Ibogaine, Rapid-Acting Tools for Depression, Enhancing Sports Performance, and More..