Observations on OpenAI, Fractured Identities, and Misplaced Idealism
It’s Not a Book Review, but Books Provided the Inspiration
Topic
Principles
A collection of 10 issues
Reconciling Ourselves with Contingency's Roulette Wheel
Stuff Happens
Overhyped and Overpaid: Debunking the Superstar CEO
Out of balance, running out of time
Musk and Trump Were Never Friends, Which is Why They Might Reconcile
Real Friendship Doesn’t Involve Cold Calculation
Friday’s Reflections, With Feeling
Boardroom Drama at HPE, the Importance of Reading, and Qualified Praise for Voyeurism
On Longevity, Quarterly Results, and Tech Layoffs
From Aspirationally Peaks to Mundane Valleys
This Post is About More Than AI, Human Agency, and Click-Bait Headlines
In Praise of Human Thought
Is it All for Nothing, and Nothing for All?
It's time to step up
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
Dignity in the Time of the Toads
In what follows, I’m going to use parable to make my point because I want to focus on principle rather than individual personalities. Okay, with that brief preface out of the way, let’s begin.
What is obsequiousness good for? It doesn’t seem to have much utility. In