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The 2010s: Stuck in the Past
Albert Wenger – Dec 31, 2019
On this last day of the 2010s here is a recap with a single theme: we are fighting the battles of the past instead of inventing the future. We are doing that at a time when humanity is facing an [...] Read more
What Happened In The 2010s
Fred Wilson – Dec 31, 2019
My friend Steve Kane suggested I take a longer view in my pair of year end posts this year: What, no decade end/decade ahead posts? — Steven Kane (@stevenkane) December 26, 2019 And so I will. Here are the big [...] Read more
Cleaning Up
Albert Wenger – Dec 30, 2019
I am spending the last two days of the decade cleaning up. We moved into our current place about 8 years ago and have accumulated a lot of stuff during that time period. It will be interesting to see how [...] Read more
Adversarial Interoperability
Fred Wilson – Dec 30, 2019
As I’m gearing up for two big posts tomorrow and wednesday, I will simply give you a link (courtesy of Nick ) to read. Cory Doctorow’s EFF post on Adversarial Interoperability explains the move we need to make to fix [...] Read more
Adversarial Interoperability
Nick Grossman – Dec 30, 2019
As I make my way through the various predictions & reflections that accompany the new year, one stands out: the EFF’s 2019 Year In Review, entitled “Dodging Bullets on the Path to a Decentralized Future “. I have long been [...] Read more
What’s Going On With AVC?
Fred Wilson – Dec 29, 2019
As Jason Wright said in the comments to yesterday’s post: This blog is rendering like it’s 1998 in Safari and Chrome at the moment. The theme that renders AVC in WordPress got messed up somehow and we are having a [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: The Game Changers
Fred Wilson – Dec 28, 2019
Our daughter suggested that The Gotham Gal and I watch this documentary on Netflix . We did that this week. My New Year’s Resolution this time last year was to reduce the number of meals where I ate meat to [...] Read more
Funding Friday: Flash Forest
Fred Wilson – Dec 27, 2019
This project seeks to use drones to plant 1bn trees. Reforestation is an important part of climate mitigation and reforestation projects are behind many carbon offset programs. So technology like this could make all of that a lot more efficient. Read more
Annual Year End Predictions
Fred Wilson – Dec 26, 2019
As I prepare to write my annual year end posts (what happened and what will happen), I have been reading similar posts by others. This part one of two posts by Alex Danco is good. I am waiting for the [...] Read more