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Scifi Book Recommendations: Seveneves and Three Body Problem Trilogy
Albert Wenger – Jun 26, 2017
I love reading science fiction for two reasons: first, because of what I learn about the possible future and second, because of what it says about the present. For instance, I read a lot of William Gibson and Bruce Sterling [...] Read more
Health Insurance and the R Word (Redistribution)
Albert Wenger – Jun 24, 2017
There are a lot of outright lies (at worst) / profound misunderstandings (at best) on all sides circulating around health insurance at the moment. Today’s post is about the most fundamental one: the relationship between health insurance and redistribution and [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Random Variables
Albert Wenger – Jun 21, 2017
Just a quick reminder on where we currently are in Uncertainty Wednesdays: I had introduced the idea of measuring uncertainty, then we defined what a probability distribution is and learned about entropy, which is a measure of uncertainty that is [...] Read more
MongoDB Stitch: A Fresh Take on Backend As A Service
Albert Wenger – Jun 20, 2017
Nearly 10 years ago, I wrote a post titled “I Want a New Platform” which led to our investment in MongoDB. At the time the company was called 10gen and had developed a Platform as a Service: a Javascript application [...] Read more
Getting Past the Dominance of the Nation State
Albert Wenger – Jun 17, 2017
One of the important topics that I have not yet addressed in World After Capital is the role of the Nation State. So I am gathering up some of my thoughts in a post first. I believe it is critical [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Entropy and Communication
Albert Wenger – Jun 14, 2017
The last two Uncertainty Wednesdays we have looked at entropy as a measure of uncertainty. Today I want to tie that back to the original communications context in which Shannon introduced it. We can use our really simple model of [...] Read more
Optimal Token Sales
Albert Wenger – Jun 13, 2017
The problem of finding an optimal structure for a token sale is quite difficult. For starters, the objectives between teams and investors are potentially different. Furthermore, these are not homogenous groups. Teams vary widely along at least two dimensions: intent [...] Read more
Monetary Policy for Crypto Tokens
Albert Wenger – Jun 11, 2017
In an information sessions for Congress, Peter Van Valkenburgh used my favorite analogy comparing crypto tokens to tickets at a fair ground. And William Mougayar has a new post about tokens where he specifically refers to them as “privately issued [...] Read more
Mobile OS Duopoly: Apple and Google Extending their Power
Albert Wenger – Jun 9, 2017
I have for some time pointed out the negative impact on innovation of the appstore duopoly. Things are getting worse though. With the latest releases of iOS and Android the ability of third party developers to create great experiences are [...] Read more