Cube-Cows

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How ideas spread and take over.

Memes, frames, and narratives that jump between minds and compete for attention and control.

14-May Cognitive-MemeticsCube-Cows

W12Boundaries, now with growth

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This week, the herd experiments with boundaries; management helpfully rebrands them as growth opportunities.

07-May Cognitive-MemeticsCube-Cows

W11Commute for the culture

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Teaser

This week, the robots do almost all the work and our cube-cows still commute, for the culture, of course, not the purpose.

30-Apr Cognitive-MemeticsCube-Cows

W10Fully aligned with the new TLA

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Teaser

This week, our cube-cows learn the true meaning of TLA: Three-Letter Acronym, also known as ‘strategy, but shorter.’

23-Apr Cognitive-MemeticsCube-Cows

W9Harsher feedback, not better prompts

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Teaser

This week, we optimize AI the old-fashioned way: less guidance, more performance reviews.

16-Apr Cognitive-MemeticsCube-Cows

W8Premium vendor subscriptions for life

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Teaser

This week, AI arrives to ‘unlock our potential’, and quietly locks the herd into a lifetime of premium vendor subscriptions.

09-Apr Cognitive-MemeticsCube-Cows

W7Bell curve and cowbell

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Teaser

This week, the bell curve decides who ‘exceeds expectations’ and who just needs more cowbell.

02-Apr Cognitive-MemeticsCube-Cows

W6Rubber duck carries the week

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Teaser

This week, our cube‑cows are freaking out about AGI, while the only one actually up for any work is still the rubber duck.

26-Mar Cognitive-MemeticsCube-Cows

W5Your passion is ours now

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Teaser

This week, our cube-cows are all in on SMART culture: your passion is ours now; Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound.

19-Mar Cognitive-MemeticsCube-Cows

W4Free-range knowledge

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Teaser

This week, our free-range knowledge cows get open pens, bottomless coffee, and just enough fence to keep the ideas from wandering off.

12-Mar Cognitive-MemeticsCube-Cows

W3AI personalization, same herd

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Teaser

This week, our cow-workers discover AI ‘personalization’ for cognitive work: different brains, the same five tasks, one perfectly optimized herd.