Think Different by Jakub Jirák: posts, page 14 of 142
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How the Opium Trade Restructured Asian Economies
The opium trade was the commodity solution to Britain's structural trade imbalance with China, generating two wars, eighty treaty ports, and a colonial commercial geography that reshaped Asian economies for a century. Addiction was the mechanism; imperialism was the system.
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Why Long-Term Reviews Will Make a Comeback
Launch-day reviews are losing credibility. Discover why consumers increasingly demand long-term product assessments, and how this shift will reshape tech.
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Google Gemini: Feeding an entire service plus its tests into a single prompt
A field-tested take on feeding an entire service plus its tests into a single prompt with Google Gemini: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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How Railways Transformed 19th-Century Commerce
Railways were the defining infrastructure investment of the 19th century, collapsing transport costs, creating unified national markets, and forcing innovations in capital markets and industrial organization that shaped the modern economy. This article examines how the iron horse became the Industrial Revolution's multiplier.
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The Recursion Bet
Recursion Pharmaceuticals built a biological data factory and bet everything on phenomics. Here's what their pipeline reveals about the limits of industrialized discovery.
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Homey Pro (2026): this is how a smart home should feel
Two weeks with Homey Pro 2026, Philips Hue and a refreshingly straightforward setup. A smart home hub that is as enjoyable to use as it is to look at.
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ChatGPT Codex: Letting Codex open the PR while you stay the reviewer of record
A field-tested take on letting Codex open the PR while you stay the reviewer of record with ChatGPT Codex: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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The Review Metric Nobody Talks About: Mental Energy
Reviews measure speed, features, and battery life—but ignore the mental energy products demand. This invisible metric may matter more than anything on.
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The Economics of the California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush was primarily a labor market and commercial event, not a mining event. This article examines who actually captured the wealth generated between 1848 and 1855, and how California's gold reshaped global monetary systems and American finance.
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When the Algorithm Misses
AI diagnostic tools are being sued over missed diagnoses. Who is liable—the doctor, the hospital, or the AI vendor? The legal answers are arriving, case by case.
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Apple Watch Bands and iPhone Cases: What's Actually Worth Buying
A blunt guide to Apple Watch bands and iPhone cases: first-party vs third-party, the materials that matter, the overpriced traps, and the protection worth paying for.
