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Uncertainty Wednesday: Zoltar Example (Continued)
Albert Wenger – Nov 30, 2016
Last Uncertainty Wednesday, I set up the first example which I called Zoltar as a machine that And I asked how to use the Uncertainty Wednesday framework to think about uncertainty here. This requires us to do two things. We [...] Read more
Mobile: From Ads to Commerce
Albert Wenger – Nov 28, 2016
In 2011 I gave a talk at conference that The Media Kitchen had organized about the impact of mobile on marketing. While everyone else presenting was talking about how to make mobile ads work, I was openly critical of advertising [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Our First Example (Zoltar)
Albert Wenger – Nov 23, 2016
So far Uncertainty Wednesday has been, ahem, somewhat abstract and dry. A challenge for me in writing anything, including World After Capital, is that I like to proceed methodically, which means putting foundations first (note to self: this makes for [...] Read more
Proof Of Stake
Fred Wilson – Nov 19, 2016
There is a lot of cutting edge computer science being used in blockchain technology and, because there are multiple blockchains and protocols being proposed and tested, there are various experiments going on at the same time. This is all very [...] Read more
Thinking Fast, Abandoning Knowledge (When We Need it Most)
Albert Wenger – Nov 18, 2016
I have been trying to put my finger on what exactly bothers me quite so much about Trump’s approach to politics. Yes, there are lots of individual elements that people have rightly criticized. But now I have figured out what [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: What About Reality?
Albert Wenger – Nov 16, 2016
So far in Uncertainty Wednesday, I have introduced a framework in which I attribute uncertainty to limits on observations and explanations of reality. That was followed by a series of posts detailing such limits on observations, including fundamental limits, resolution, [...] Read more
We Must Talk About the Role of Facebook, Twitter in Society
Albert Wenger – Nov 14, 2016
I have lots of thoughts about the outcome of the US election but have been letting them ruminate to avoid contributing to the cacophony of hot takes. Here is a first bit that I feel strongly about as it ties [...] Read more
Trump and Your Startup
Albert Wenger – Nov 9, 2016
I am writing this from Web Summit in Lisbon where I have just spent the morning meeting with some terrific startups. One question that was on a lot of people’s minds was what the election of Trump as the US [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Off Today
Albert Wenger – Nov 9, 2016
Uncertainty Wednesday will return next, well, Wednesday. In the meantime there will be a lot of uncertainty. Read more