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A Basic Income Experiment I Would Like to See (Detroit)
Albert Wenger – Jun 24, 2014
I have referred to a basic income many times here on Continuations so now it is time to flush out a bit more how this could ever possibly work. Many people do simple back of the envelope math like saying [...] Read more
Debating Disruption: Mind the Non-linear
Albert Wenger – Jun 23, 2014
Following the publication of Jill Lepore’s “The Disruption Machine” and Clayton Christensen’s vigorous response in an interview there has been a healthy debate around the merits and even existence of disruption in many posts and tweets. I had been busy [...] Read more
Computer Bootcamp Day 2: Hosting Your Website
Albert Wenger – Jun 22, 2014
Today was the second day of our mini computer bootcamp for friends and family. The goal was to have a functioning and hosted website up and running. We started out by using nslookup to find the IP address of a [...] Read more
Computer Bootcamp Day 1: Raspberry Pi
Albert Wenger – Jun 21, 2014
This weekend we are holding a two-day computer bootcamp for our kids, some friends of theirs and a handful of adults. Here is a recap of the first day both as a reminder and reference for those who participated and [...] Read more
Shapeways: Make Things With Code!
Albert Wenger – Jun 19, 2014
Shapeways is a partner for Google’s brand new MadeWithCode initiative aimed at getting more girls excited about coding and computational thinking. What is important about this initiative is that it will broaden the understanding of what can be done with [...] Read more
Unbundling of the Job
Albert Wenger – Jun 17, 2014
Last week I posted a draft outline for my planned book on “The Coming Information Age” with a proposed chapter on the “Unbundling of the Job.” This is an idea that first occurred to me when I attended a workshop [...] Read more
The Coming Information Age (Possible Book Outline)
Albert Wenger – Jun 12, 2014
As I am blogging my way through the various aspects of a transition to the Information Age I am still keeping in mind that eventually I would like to gather up all the material into a book. So here is [...] Read more
Raising Money to Help African Girls Stay in School (Our Daughter’s Fundraiser)
Albert Wenger – Jun 11, 2014
One of the things we have been emphasizing in homeschooling our children is the importance of giving back. So I am incredibly thrilled that our daughter has launched a Crowdrise fundraiser to support girls at schools in the Lewa Wildlife [...] Read more
Technology, Time Preference and the Return on Capital (Companies)
Albert Wenger – Jun 10, 2014
Just as a quick recap. I have argued in Computers and the Return on Capital that having cheaper information flows will in the long run drive the risk free rate of return to the time preference. I then examined how [...] Read more