Does the world need governments when we have APIs?

This title above is a cool point made by Joshua Cooper Ramo in his great book “The Seventh Sense”. To those worried about the new leader of the free world, there has been much talk of securing solidarity among City

Does the world need governments when we have APIs?

This title above is a cool point made by Joshua Cooper Ramo in his great book “The Seventh Sense”. To those worried about the new leader of the free world, there has been much talk of securing solidarity among City

Proposed solution to the Death of News Media

The news business lacks network effects. It needs them. The way to get it is either through platform or content. They keep failing on the platform side to clone social networks. On the other they can’t outrun the infinite competitive

Proposed solution to the Death of News Media

The news business lacks network effects. It needs them. The way to get it is either through platform or content. They keep failing on the platform side to clone social networks. On the other they can’t outrun the infinite competitive

Tl;dr of In Praise of Idleness, by Bertrand Russell

In 1932, a couple years after Keynes’s famous paper on the utopian possibilities of an automated future, Bertrand Russell weighed in on the topic too — what happens when robots do all the jobs? Is work really such a virtue?

Tl;dr of In Praise of Idleness, by Bertrand Russell

In 1932, a couple years after Keynes’s famous paper on the utopian possibilities of an automated future, Bertrand Russell weighed in on the topic too — what happens when robots do all the jobs? Is work really such a virtue?

Standing for something.

We got an amazing comment at Knotel today: “Why is my office taking a stand on politics?” (We are running a bus to the Women’s March on Jan 21. ) The answer is: because we do stand for something, and

Standing for something.

We got an amazing comment at Knotel today: “Why is my office taking a stand on politics?” (We are running a bus to the Women’s March on Jan 21. ) The answer is: because we do stand for something, and

The non-vacuum US, or world responses to Trumpistan

Trump: “We will cut US corporate tax” — Australian newspaper today: “we will cut tax to match” Trump: “We will build a wall to Mexico” — “we won’t pay anything” Trump: “Climate change was invented by China” — “we will

The non-vacuum US, or world responses to Trumpistan

Trump: “We will cut US corporate tax” — Australian newspaper today: “we will cut tax to match” Trump: “We will build a wall to Mexico” — “we won’t pay anything” Trump: “Climate change was invented by China” — “we will

Cities vs. the world, one investable idea out of Trumpism.

Judging from how the elections went last year everywhere, here is an aha. One thing is clear: cities are winning and the country is losing. A completely different way to slice the world’s dichotomies. And in that it seems very

Cities vs. the world, one investable idea out of Trumpism.

Judging from how the elections went last year everywhere, here is an aha. One thing is clear: cities are winning and the country is losing. A completely different way to slice the world’s dichotomies. And in that it seems very

Buying from “China”, reality.

Two recent experiences. 1. Printing a book My book _Q is for Queens_ – designed in the US by me, with an illustrator from South Africa, typeset/layout by me in the US, then sent to a printer in Queens —

Buying from “China”, reality.

Two recent experiences. 1. Printing a book My book _Q is for Queens_ – designed in the US by me, with an illustrator from South Africa, typeset/layout by me in the US, then sent to a printer in Queens —

Tl;dr The Elementary Particles by Houllebecq

(Since I don’t think I’ll get around to a proper post on this, briefly:) Some truly cold, post-social era scientist dude (ruined by his childhood) bumps through life and relationships as an ogre. The people-scale storytelling is insightful but also

Tl;dr The Elementary Particles by Houllebecq

(Since I don’t think I’ll get around to a proper post on this, briefly:) Some truly cold, post-social era scientist dude (ruined by his childhood) bumps through life and relationships as an ogre. The people-scale storytelling is insightful but also

Tl;dr of Thoreau’s On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Thoreau’s more important writing than Walden is on Civil Disobedience. He was kind of a 19th century survivalist — I just saw Viggo Mortensen raising his kids on Dostoevsky, Chomsky, hunting, exercise and Nature in “Captain Fantastic”. He was into

Tl;dr of Thoreau’s On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Thoreau’s more important writing than Walden is on Civil Disobedience. He was kind of a 19th century survivalist — I just saw Viggo Mortensen raising his kids on Dostoevsky, Chomsky, hunting, exercise and Nature in “Captain Fantastic”. He was into

Happy New Era

Friends Happy New Year. It’s more than that though, I think. This year marks the start of a New Era. More on this after I give you a few updates on my work the last year. Send your CEO friends

Happy New Era

Friends Happy New Year. It’s more than that though, I think. This year marks the start of a New Era. More on this after I give you a few updates on my work the last year. Send your CEO friends