There are already flying taxis in China. There’s drone delivery of meals too. About the leaps taking place in China, some will say we need to catch up. Others will say that in addition to catching up, we need to keep advances hatched in China out of the U.S. They would be incorrect, twice. […]
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“Speed is the name of the game.” That’s how venture capitalist Ben Braverman recently explained investing to the New York Times. He was describing the extraordinary efforts he’s made to match capital with artificial intelligence (AI) talent in Silicon Valley. He’s gone so far as the show up at gyms where investment prospects are
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“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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Back when Google first launched its email service, “Gmail” was free for users, and the platform was monetized primarily through ads. However, as the platform grew in its success, so did the amount of data stored in its users’ inboxes. This came with added costs for Google, which, in turn, continued to offer a
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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” is a relevant description of how things used to be since being away from one’s desk often meant being away from
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As parents, we all know how annoying it is to have our parenting judged by others. Much worse, those doing the judging do so without clear knowledge of what is led to the parenting situation they so haughtily judge. It is useful to contemplate parental “Karens” as Alabama SB 187, the “App Store Accountability
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“There is a ‘treasure trove of medicines that could be used for so many other diseases.’” Those are the words of Donald C. Lo, former head of therapeutic development at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, as told to Kate Morgan of the New York Times. What an exciting statement, one that indicates doctors and scientists
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They all want to “rent” Warren Buffett’s name. If Buffett thinks highly enough of your business to invest in it, most every investor not named Buffett will seriously contemplate following his lead. Buffett’s proverbial seal of approval is unparalleled on Wall Street. Buffett as a brand comes to mind as the EU offers “to
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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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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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