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How Much is Enough by Robert and Edward Skidelsky (Book Review)
Albert Wenger – Feb 25, 2015
Over vacation I read “How Much is Enough?” by Robert and Edward Skidelsky. I highly recommend the book as it goes after a central question that we should all be asking both individually and collectively. The book starts with an [...] Read more
Beware the Post Money Trap
Albert Wenger – Feb 24, 2015
In the current valuation environment many entrepreneurs seem to believe that only two numbers matter in a financing: the amount of the raise and the dilution. This leads them to buy into the idea that more money for the same [...] Read more
The Crypto Wars Will Have No Winners
Albert Wenger – Feb 20, 2015
Keeping this short because I am on family vacation but there have been two stories this past week that we should all take note off. First, there was the revelation that the NSA had installed spying software deeply in the [...] Read more
Vacation Reading
Albert Wenger – Feb 12, 2015
We will be going on family ski vacation, so there will likely be no new posts until week after next. In the meantime though here are the books that I am bringing with me: One of the things I love [...] Read more
Birthday
Albert Wenger – Feb 11, 2015
It is my birthday today and thanks to Susan’s planning we had a fantastic day as a family starting with a yummy blueberry pancake and bacon breakfast. After a great Korean lunch we went and saw Cabaret. The kids were [...] Read more
Machine Intelligence Progress is Accelerating
Albert Wenger – Feb 10, 2015
I don’t (yet) worry about a Terminator or Matrix like scenario where machines take over the world and subjugate humans. But it is useful to remind oneself of the rate of progress that has been taking place. I started programming [...] Read more
NYC Should Tax High End Absentee Apartment Buyers
Albert Wenger – Feb 9, 2015
The New York Times has been running a great series about high end real estate ownership in the city titled “Towers of Secrecy”. The upshot is that much of it is owned by people who are rarely if ever here. [...] Read more
Good News on Net Neutrality
Albert Wenger – Feb 5, 2015
Yesterday FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that he would be pursuing Title II classification for wired and wireless ISPs as a way to ensure net neutrality. This is potentially a big step forward on a topic that I have written [...] Read more
Ethics of Algorithms
Albert Wenger – Feb 4, 2015
Slightly belated we have another topic of the over at usv.com: The Ethics of Algorithms. I have written a bunch about this topic in the past, for instance when discussing the need for an opposing view reader or the danger [...] Read more