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Future
A collection of 74 issues
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
Taking Stock in Strange Times
I’m back. Perhaps you hadn’t noticed that I’d gone. Well, too late, because I’m back.
For a few days last week, I suffered an abundance of thoughts, though few of them – none, actually – merited sharing with an audience. There are times when it’s advisable to
Intel’s Board Deserves Its Share of Blame for the Company’s Long Decline
Dell Warns that AI Ascent Will Not Be Linear
Living on the Nuclear Edge – Don't Worry, Not That One
One of the certainties of life is that neither good times nor bad times last indefinitely. Another certainty is that companies, as well as individuals, will experience ups and downs.
Dealing with good times isn’t a problem. Regardless of whether you’re steering a ship or whether you’re
Mind the Adaptation Gap: Why the Late-Stage Information Age is a Time of Great Peril
I’ve spent a lot of time ruminating during the past few weeks, and I’ve concluded that many of you are too polite to tell me what I’ve been doing wrong. I thank you for your empathy and kindness, but I would not have objected to a constructive
Getting It Right on Intel
I’ve heard there was an election in the United States.
You will find an abundance of commentary on the election results elsewhere, but don’t look for any of that prattle here. Almost everybody who provides a post-mortem on election results will attempt an analysis through a prism of
Tech Reaches the Geopolitical Summit: The Rise of Datacenter Diplomacy
There’s an article in – of all places – Foreign Policy that I recommend you read.
I recommend that you read the article not because I wholeheartedly agree completely with everything it says – the piece raises perhaps as many questions as it answers – but because I think it provides valuable insight
LNG Oversupply? With Tech’s Ascension, There’s No Such Thing as Enough Energy
A few years ago, if you flew across North America on a clear day, preferably in an aircraft, you would sometimes see natural gas flares burning below you at ground level. Natural gas often is found in proximity to oil, so while the oil was extracted and transported for processing