Few of us are paid to have an opinion, but that never stopped us from weighing in on anything and everything, whether we know what the heck we’re talking about or not. I’ve gone on record saying that we’re all becoming too opinionated for our own good, but far worse[…] Read On
The obesity crisis has my wife very upset, but I’m not sure why. She’s a nutritional consultant, takes care of herself, and is in great shape. You’d think she’d be happy. Guess not. The reason, I suspect, is that, as more and more companies portray being overweight or even obese[…] Read On
Quick question: When you see the title, subtitle, and image below, what comes to mind? This is what one woman took away from it: She’s referring, at least in part, to the phrase “Entrepreneurship is about being the last man standing” that entrepreneur.com tweeted in promoting the article. I’ve so[…] Read On
Max Levchin is a very smart guy. He’s the former CTO and cofounder of PayPal, a member of the PayPal mafia that spawned much of Web 2.0, and the chairman and largest shareholder of Yelp. And when it comes to cyber security, fraud, and encryption, the guy knows his stuff.[…] Read On
In case you missed it, actor Sean Penn wrote a long, rambling piece for Rolling Stone about “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord who recently escaped from prison. Somewhere in the 10,000-word essay is a surprisingly trite, pandering, and frankly embarrassing interview. More interesting is the way Penn seems to[…] Read On
GROUPTHINK: a pattern of thought characterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics. We live in a sound bite culture. That’s fine for the media, headlines, and tweets. But when words take on a life of their own – when they dictate our actions[…] Read On
The way federal prosecutors, the FBI, and the SEC clamored to get on camera when Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli was indicted on fraud charges, you’d think they were bringing down a Bernie Madoff or Al Capone. Nope. It was just a little hedge fund fraud over a few million[…] Read On