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Feb 13
6 min

How Should We Measure Progress?

A few years ago, the American economist Robert Gordon wrote a must-read book called The Rise and Fall of American Growth.

Jan 4
7 min

Could Miami Become a World-Class Tech Hub?

The Twittersphere exploded in recent weeks with the back-and-forth between recently relocated San Francisco venture capitalist Keith Rabois

Jan 7, 2020
14 min

The World in Ten Years

“Maintaining a firm grasp of the obvious is more difficult than one would think it should be. But it’s useful to try.” – Jeff Bezos The...

Jul 26, 2019
5 min

Amazon’s Fulfillment Upside

Today I had the opportunity of touring an Amazon fulfillment center (FC). This was my local MIA1 robotic FC in Opa Locka, FL. Our group...

Nov 20, 2018
8 min

Facebook’s New General

Over the past week, we’ve seen a cascade of negative news stories on Facebook. To close observers, none of them reported anything new....

Nov 19, 2018
2 min

Forcing Functions Win the War

I’m reading (listening to) this interesting book, Freedom’s Forge, about how U.S. industrialists were the driving force behind our...

Oct 1, 2018
5 min

Is VR the Future of Computing?

Last week I attended the Oculus Connect 5 event. As the name implies, this was the fifth year the event was held, and yet in terms...

Aug 27, 2018
5 min

Facebook’s Great Reset

Facebook has been warning for several quarters that investments in security would “significantly impact our profitability.”

Aug 10, 2018
2 min

On Avoiding “Technology”

An investor insistent on avoiding technology would’ve been left behind, like a buggy whip manufacturer unwilling to understand the auto.

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