Elon Musk is resorting to desperate measures to hit his promised run rate of 5,000 Model 3 sedans a week. Tesla’s eccentric CEO has built an ad hoc “tent factory” out of spare parts from the company’s Fremont assembly line. “Words fail me. It’s insanity,” said Bernstein Analyst Max Warburton,[…] Read On
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Are We Going to Be Civilized or Uncivilized?
Just when you thought this wave of “incivility” is just a fringe movement — that we can all get on with our lives and live in peace — the lunatics have made another go at running the asylum. This time it’s the media and academics making the case that the[…] Read On
The Most Annoying $#*! Technology Has Brought Us
When was the last time you took a quick look at your Facebook page and realized that two hours of your life were gone and absolutely nothing good came of it? Tell the truth; it was yesterday, wasn’t it? Here’s the thing. Technology is supposed to make us happy and[…] Read On
America Uncivilized: This Can Only End Badly
The recent wave of uncivilized public behavior isn’t just appalling. It isn’t just alarming. It isn’t just aggressive. It’s so much more horrific than that. One way or another, this will end badly. It will do harm. Big-time. And there’s only one way to change that outcome. Consider long-time congressional leader[…] Read On
Elon Musk Is Starting to Sound Like Elizabeth Holmes
“Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get me.” – anon The day the Wall Street Journal ran its blockbuster expose on Theranos I saw Elizabeth Holmes defend herself on CNBC. The CEO claimed that everyone from Quest Diagnostics to John Carreyrou — the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter[…] Read On
#FlashbackFriday: Personal Branding ‘Gurus’ are Uberfull of Ubercrap
Wharton prof Adam Grant joined the crusade against personal branding last week, tweeting “The more you focus on building a personal brand, the less authentic you appear. Toothpaste has a brand; it’s packaged and neat. People don’t have brands – they’re real and messy.” The more you focus on building[…] Read On
7 Surprising Truths About Mentors
Everything that’s ever made a real difference in my life was influenced by others. Who are these mysterious “others?” You can call them mentors if you like. I didn’t call them that at the time and neither did they but that’s neither here nor there. In every case, it went[…] Read On