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 and PBS, the 60 Minutes “tick tick tick” was a cruel indication that the weekend was over and Monday was […]
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Promoting his new book over the summer, economist Ruchir Sharma managed to get one of its main themes splashed all over the media: “When the price of borrowing money is zero, the price of everything else goes bonkers.” Ruchir was talking about the stock market, and promoting the falsehood that when the Fed makes
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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 others. The fear is nothing new. In recent years there has been much hand-wringing about the possibility of man’s
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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 commentary has seemingly become ubiquitous both in the media and from policymakers in D.C. who, while well-intentioned, seem to owe reflection to the broader picture of why developing
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While electronic payments and transfers are quite a bit safer than they used to be, there remains the forever problem of individuals devising ways to separate those with wealth from it.
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George Gilder writes that “Planetary prosperity depends on the outsized genius of a tiny minority of human beings.” He’s right, and this explains the urgent case he makes in The Israel Test
Book Review: George Gilder’s Brilliant ‘The Israel Test’ Read More »
If TikTok were in fact a front for the CCP, it wouldn’t possess the American investment to be a front.
Don’t Be Ridiculous, TikTok Is Already American Owned Read More »
You know how the best NBA and MLB teams spend enormous sums of money scouting talent around the world? The best U.S. corporations do the same. A failure to do so comes at the cost of future innovation, and in some instance results in obsolescence altogether. It’s all a reminder of the why behind Microsoft opening
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“But in May 2015, Beijing went public with a 10-year plan to dominate high-value, high-technology sectors – with the unspoken goal of destroying America’s economic supremacy.” Those are the words of protectionist Florida Senator Marco Rubio from an opinion piece published in the Washington Post. On their own they require a pause. As history
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Last Tuesday Nvidia shed over $279 billion in value. It was the biggest one-day paper loss for a corporation in the history of the stock market. As a CNN report put it, “only 27 companies on the planet are worth as much as Nvidia lost in value on Tuesday.” To which someone, somewhere will
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