# Kyoto Tech Meetup links for February 19, 2026

[Canonical article](https://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-links-for-february-19-2026/)

Published: 2026-02-19

"Humans are hard" edition

![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1504630083234-14187a9df0f5?crop=entropy\&cs=tinysrgb\&fit=max\&fm=jpg\&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDQzfHxjb2ZmZWV8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzcxNDYyNjE4fDA\&ixlib=rb-4.1.0\&q=80\&w=2000)

Photo by [Emre](https://unsplash.com/@reo?utm_source=ghost\&utm_medium=referral\&utm_campaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=ghost\&utm_medium=referral\&utm_campaign=api-credit)

We can make the computers do things. It turns out that convincing humans is the tricky part.

- [The Turing Test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test?ref=ashryan.io)
- [Co-Active Coaching](https://www.competence.org/inspiration/what-is-co-active-coaching/?ref=ashryan.io)
- [Myers Briggs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator?ref=ashryan.io) ([16 Personalities](https://www.16personalities.com/?ref=ashryan.io))
- [“What to consider when pivoting, from startup founders who got it right”](https://mercury.com/blog/what-i-wish-i-knew-pivoting?ref=ashryan.io)