At this moment I’m sitting on the veranda of my Silicon Valley mountain home. It’s a gorgeous sunny day – a little on the dry side, but not atypical for this time of year. This would be heaven on Earth except for one thing: The serene sounds of chirping birds[…] Read On
Marc Andreessen’s 2011 essay “Why Software Is Eating the World” opened our eyes to a growing trend, that tech companies are disrupting age-old industries and creating high-growth markets seemingly out of thin air or, more precisely, out of computer code. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist cited several innovative companies[…] Read On
“Sometimes you gotta say ‘What the f***.’” – Miles, Risky Business I’ve made some risky bets in my time, but risking $20 billion and 10 years in prison are just a little bit outside my comfort zone. The feds have slapped new bribery charges on top of several existing conspiracy[…] Read On
Religious doctrine notwithstanding, heaven and hell are not above and below us. They are both right here on Earth, polarized metaphors for the end result of our accumulated choices and actions. Heaven or hell. Each of us has the power to change the outcome by the choices we make and[…] Read On
“I’ve done … questionable things.” – Roy Batty, Blade Runner It’s great to be alive, but being human does have its challenges. Our bodies are anything but bulletproof and our minds aren’t much better. The human mind is riddled with failure modes, from depression and delusions to countless behavioral disorders.[…] Read On
Few situations in life are black and white. This is one of them. China clearly broke the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration when it started fixing Hong Kong’s elections by eliminating candidates Beijing didn’t approve of. According to the treaty, Hong Kong’s capitalist system and way of life were to be[…] Read On
Marc Benioff wishes he was half as clever as Jim Stewart. ICYMI, Salesforce co-CEO Benioff wrote an op-ed for the N.Y. Times today, We Need a New Capitalism, where the left-leaning executive claims that capitalism in America is broken. And he has the fix: Big government and wealth redistribution. Of[…] Read On