Elon Musk and Tesla: A Business Parable for Our Times
Everybody is Fallible, Lessons Can be Learned
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Billionaires
A collection of 19 issues
When CEO and Company Are Synonymous, Risks Can Overshadow Rewards
Like an auteur of the 1960s and 1970s, I feel compelled to revisit certain themes, not so much to repeat them as to explore them further.
An early composition on this forum dealt with the evolving behavior of ultra-rich industrialists. In the age of the Robber Barons, the obscenely wealthy
Why AI Scenarios Are More Important than Predictions
When it Comes to AI, Clear-Eyed Pragmatism Beats Slaphappy Optimism
After my return from vacation, I had a lot on my plate these last few days. The preceding sentence is my way of apologizing for not providing a post earlier this week.
Still, I’ll attempt to make amends, offering this post today and another tomorrow (on Nvidia GTC . . . for
Tesla and the Fickle Magic of Sentiment
One challenge associated with expounding on events is having to choose from a multiplicity of subject matter. On any given day — today, for instance — I could take this vehicle and drive it in any of several directions.
But since I’ve invoked a driving metaphor, let’s go with Tesla’
And Now The News: Stuff that Perhaps Only I Care About
The Danger Zone: When Societies Struggle to Adapt to Technological Change
I’ve thought a lot lately about how previous generations, during prior periods of major technological change, dealt with being caught between the tectonic plates of past, present, and future.
Most of us assume, I believe, that tomorrow will be much like today. For the most part, that’s true.
A Picture Worth 1,500 Words
We’ve all heard the saying: A picture is worth a thousand words. Let’s put it to the test here and now. Perhaps we’ll discover that some pictures are worth more than a thousand words.
Look at this picture, for instance.
What do you see? Perception is inherently