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Staying Optimistic: Happy New Year!
Albert Wenger – Dec 31, 2018
It is easy to feel pessimistic at the end of 2018. CO2 emissions are still climbing rapidly and reached an all time high in 2018, with severe weather events accelerating globally. Facebook and Twitter continue to be used for manipulation [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Geo-engineering Edition
Albert Wenger – Dec 19, 2018
I have written fairly extensively here on Continuations about climate change, including several times as part of Uncertainty Wednesday. I have also previously stated my support for geo-engineering research as far back as 2009 and again more recently in 2016. [...] Read more
World After Capital: Copyright (Informational Freedom)
Albert Wenger – Dec 17, 2018
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. Currently we are on the Informational Freedom section and the last week’s post was on being represented by a bot. Today looks at the rolling back copyright. Once [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Leadership under Uncertainty
Albert Wenger – Dec 12, 2018
A startup founder I know likes to say that their leadership style is “frequently wrong, but never in doubt.” Often that expression is applied as a critique, such as in Cheryl Wheeler’s song Driving Home, but the founder meant it [...] Read more
World After Capital: Bots for All of Us (Informational Freedom)
Albert Wenger – Dec 10, 2018
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. Currently we are on the Informational Freedom section and the previous excerpt was on Internet Access. Today looks at the right to be represented by a bot (code [...] Read more
Regulation for Facial Recognition Technology
Albert Wenger – Dec 7, 2018
When Brad Smith from Microsoft had called for the regulation of Facial Recognition technology in July I was concerned about where that might go, as it could easily result in stifling innovation. I was therefore relieved to see the principles [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Investing, Perception Risk and Crypto
Albert Wenger – Dec 5, 2018
In investing there is uncertainty about returns. Some investments do well, others do poorly. But that is not the only risk that investors are concerned about when they are investing professionally on behalf of others. There is also the issue [...] Read more
World After Capital: Access to the Internet (Informational Freedom)
Albert Wenger – Dec 3, 2018
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. The previous section introduced the concept of Informational Freedom. Today looks specifically at internet access. On occasion, the Internet has come in for derision from those who claim [...] Read more
Speech on Twitter: Platform not Publisher
Albert Wenger – Dec 1, 2018
We have entered a new phase of the discussion on what to do about speech on platforms such as Twitter. On the plus side many more people are engaged. On the minus side the calls to treat Twitter as a [...] Read more