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Clear filtersCable television visionary John Malone could have owned a substantial portion of AOL before it was AOL. Where it perhaps becomes more ironic is that it was Malone’s TCI that was laying the cable…
Conservatives need to relax. See their ranting about Netflix’s proposed purchase of Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD). Podcaster Benny Johnson described the possible deal as “the most dangerous media…
Blockbuster could have had Netflix for south of $100 million. Twice. It’s worth thinking about in consideration of Netflix’s present-day market cap of $437 billion. Of much greater importance, it’s…
“Bob and I had no idea of any of the potential back then.” Those are the words of cable television visionary John Malone in his recently released memoir, Born To Be Wired. Malone was writing about…
So much that we see as expensive in the present will be incredibly cheap in the future. There are so many examples of this, so many past examples that so many readers know well (remember…
Since wireless telephony was only in its infancy by the 1980s, and since broad internet usage was realistically decades away, nearly all work took place at a physical location. “Chained to the desk”…
With Amazon, it was never about the books. No doubt Amazon began as an online bookseller, but what made its stock attractive through years of losses is what books represented. If Amazon could…
“It’s not about driving down the cost of labor.” Those are the words of Lorenzo Pautasso, general manager of RobCo’s U.S. office. Pautasso conveyed them to Farah Stockman of the New York Times. He…
How to get rich? The single best way is to live a long time, ideally working much of that time while amassing savings that compound, and compound some more. The vast majority of Warren Buffett’s…
It’s so easily forgotten that people aren’t a cost. They’re an input, always and everywhere, and this truth won’t lose any validity as robots proliferate. Quite the opposite. Which is why it’s useful…
What an exciting time to be alive, especially for those younger than myself. An insightful article in Fortune, “Will AI ever cure cancer? The multibillion-dollar race to bring the first AI-discovered…
The more that kids can cheat thanks to AI advances, the better education will become. Yes, you read that right. No need to read it again. AI-enabled cheating on homework, term papers and tests will…
House Bill 186, also known as the “Act relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by children,” is a deeply flawed piece of legislation that deserves strong opposition. While its intent to…
The future will be defined by economic growth that will make the present appear limp by comparison. Driverless cars will loom large precisely because they’ll free humans from so much work. It’s what…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates used to say that his company’s biggest competitor was Goldman Sachs. Yes, the investment bank. Gates’s point was that business success is a function of the people…
“Would you like fries with that?” What you just read is a question, an economic cost, but also arguably a symbol of the difficulties fast-food restaurants have long faced. How to find good,…
In 2020, West Virginia University president E. Gordon Gee memorably quipped to the New York Times that he wanted “to build a wall around West Virginia and keep all the kids here. A state can’t…
Roughly a fifth of Apple’s iPhones are sold in China. Repeat the previous anecdote over and over again, and ideally convey it to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Matt Pottinger, chairman of the China…
President Trump declared that the U.S. will be “the world capital of artificial intelligence” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trump’s commitment carries significant weight, given…
Ten days ago the shares of Nvidia corrected 17 percent. How could this have happened to such an “owned” and analyzed company? The answer, at least as of now, is that surprise over inexpensively…
What, within reason, is the worst sound of all to the typical human ear? One that stands out from the K-12 years is the ticking clock on CBS’s 60 Minutes. Particularly in the days of three networks…
Last week Elon Musk made waves with his latest effort to promote automation on our roads and in our homes. Seeing the sleek taxicabs and helpful robots gave hope to some, while instilling fear in…
The New York Times recently reported on the latest calls for more government regulation—even on an international scale—over the field of artificial intelligence due to perceived risks. Such…
The erasure of work won’t put mean we’re not working, but it will mean we’re working in ways that maximize our ability to showcase our unique skills and intelligence.
