How Should We Measure Progress?
A few years ago, the American economist Robert Gordon wrote a must-read book called The Rise and Fall of American Growth.
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Could Miami Become a World-Class Tech Hub?
The Twittersphere exploded in recent weeks with the back-and-forth between recently relocated San Francisco venture capitalist Keith Rabois
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The World in Ten Years
“Maintaining a firm grasp of the obvious is more difficult than one would think it should be. But it’s useful to try.” – Jeff BezosThe surest way of looking like a fool is to make predictions. What I’ve tried to do here instead is to compile a short list of trends that have legs; things that appe…
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Amazon’s Fulfillment Upside
Today I had the opportunity of touring an Amazon fulfillment center (FC). This was my local MIA1 robotic FC in Opa Locka, FL.Our group assembled at 9am and was led to a classroom-style room, where we were given water and a headset and radio, so that we could follow along the tour.Our team leader,…
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Facebook’s New General
Over the past week, we’ve seen a cascade of negative news stories on Facebook. To close observers, none of them reported anything new.
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Forcing Functions Win the War
I’m reading (listening to) this interesting book, Freedom’s Forge, about how U.S. industrialists were the driving force behind our victory in World War II.During the decade following the Great Depression, government had defunded our military and defense contractors. Low consumer demand had left o…
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Is VR the Future of Computing?
Last week I attended the Oculus Connect 5 event. As the name implies, this was the fifth year the event was held, and yet in terms...
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Facebook’s Great Reset
Facebook has been warning for several quarters that investments in security would “significantly impact our profitability.”
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On Avoiding “Technology”
An investor insistent on avoiding technology would’ve been left behind, like a buggy whip manufacturer unwilling to understand the auto.
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