Cable 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 throughout the U.S. in the 1970s that set the stage for broad internet access decades later. Said another way, over twenty years […]
Data Center Potential Will Reveal Itself Unexpectedly Over Many Decades Read More »
“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 Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) “hanging coaxial cable across the country” in the early 1970s to provide rural areas with better
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“You should expect a bunch of economists to wring their hands and say ‘This is so crazy. It’s so reckless’ or whatever.” Those are the words of Open AI CEO Sam Altman as he explains the expected reaction to what he predicts will be trillions worth of spending by OpenAI on data center construction,
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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 wealth compounded well after traditional retirement age. What a change. In the past, old age signaled a chance to
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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 drug to market,” should inspire equal optimism, as the near future of medicine is poised to be transformational. As we expand AI’s capabilities to
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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 vastly improve education. Consider the world outside of school to understand why. People used to know how to milk
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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 showing up to work each day, and Goldman was Microsoft’s most formidable foe in the battle for human capital. It’s something to think
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“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, conscientious and energized individuals willing and eager to ask “Would you like fries with that?” In particular, how to find those
AI Is Poised to Vastly Improve Fast Food, While Making the Work Cool Read More »
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 flourish that can’t keep its young people there.” Gee was and is so right. People are what drive prosperity. Call Artificial
AI Will Be An Artificial Wall Keeps Talent In West VA Read More »
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 program at Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Recently the duo penned an opinion piece asserting that “Legislators on both sides of the
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