Productivity Paradox circa 1992

Robot and AI fans know a problem that economists have been raising for a bit (an MIT crew in particular, which noted this problem has persisted since the early 1990s in economic data). The problem is: we are using more

Productivity Paradox circa 1992

Robot and AI fans know a problem that economists have been raising for a bit (an MIT crew in particular, which noted this problem has persisted since the early 1990s in economic data). The problem is: we are using more

Happiness and institutions

The dinner party conversation recently of Wall Street types and technologists, surprisingly for me, was largely about happiness — everyone’s, as a global society. It’s interesting how a well functioning society can get happier and stronger through crisis, according to

Happiness and institutions

The dinner party conversation recently of Wall Street types and technologists, surprisingly for me, was largely about happiness — everyone’s, as a global society. It’s interesting how a well functioning society can get happier and stronger through crisis, according to

Using a prepaid phone or two.

I switched to all-prepaid recently. My data phone has been a T-Mobile $30 for 3GB phone for a while. But no voice and voice over IP sucks (e.g., Hangouts) So I need another phone and it used to be an

Using a prepaid phone or two.

I switched to all-prepaid recently. My data phone has been a T-Mobile $30 for 3GB phone for a while. But no voice and voice over IP sucks (e.g., Hangouts) So I need another phone and it used to be an

The fate of Tivo

The curve is down.

The fate of Tivo

The curve is down.

Music: the future is already here…

Jonathan Shieber from TechCrunch and PJ Parson of Northzone at Knotel Houston playing the blues. (I’m paraphrasing below) Spotify in Scandinavia (eg 5 years ahead) PJ my buddy from Northzone talking at the Knotel 75% of the music market is

Music: the future is already here…

Jonathan Shieber from TechCrunch and PJ Parson of Northzone at Knotel Houston playing the blues. (I’m paraphrasing below) Spotify in Scandinavia (eg 5 years ahead) PJ my buddy from Northzone talking at the Knotel 75% of the music market is

Rainfall in NYC

0.6 inches in about 5 minutes around 3pm today. Caused floods. https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KNYC/2016/2/16/DailyHistory.html?req_city=Long+Island+City&req_state=NY&req_statename=New+York&reqdb.zip=11101&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

Rainfall in NYC

0.6 inches in about 5 minutes around 3pm today. Caused floods. https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KNYC/2016/2/16/DailyHistory.html?req_city=Long+Island+City&req_state=NY&req_statename=New+York&reqdb.zip=11101&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

Shorter Steve Blank’s “Epiphany”

A friend was talking to me about Agile recently. A huge important movement in programming with an intellectual leader (Jeff Sutherland). He was telling me everything should be agile. Government, finance, etc. It got me thinking: There are a ton

Shorter Steve Blank’s “Epiphany”

A friend was talking to me about Agile recently. A huge important movement in programming with an intellectual leader (Jeff Sutherland). He was telling me everything should be agile. Government, finance, etc. It got me thinking: There are a ton

Halo is real

You can buy it here http://www.haloneuro.com Here is me wearing it here: And here is my favorite piece of coverage on it: “The difference between champions and also rans” Brain zapper Halo claims to make you jump higher, think faster,

Halo is real

You can buy it here http://www.haloneuro.com Here is me wearing it here: And here is my favorite piece of coverage on it: “The difference between champions and also rans” Brain zapper Halo claims to make you jump higher, think faster,

Computer Science != Ethics

Oreilly makes Paul Graham’s algorithmic ethics look very, very naive. In a way that most commentators failed horribly (bad facts, bad logic). https://medium.com/the-wtf-economy/what-paul-graham-is-missing-about-inequality-a9f7e1613059#.2pkz7qmhv

Computer Science != Ethics

Oreilly makes Paul Graham’s algorithmic ethics look very, very naive. In a way that most commentators failed horribly (bad facts, bad logic). https://medium.com/the-wtf-economy/what-paul-graham-is-missing-about-inequality-a9f7e1613059#.2pkz7qmhv