A historical collection of our writing.
This weekend I attended parts of the North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress (agenda and speakers). What follows are some observations. Please take these with a grain of salt as I only attended some sessions Friday evening and Saturday morning. I was hoping to spend more time there but came […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The FCC just ruled to ban fast lanes for internet access. Consumers have already paid with their bills for bandwidth and they understood that cable companies were trying to double dip by also charging content originators for the same bandwidth. Such paid fast lanes would have deeply engrained […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
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 excellent chapter on Keynes’s now frequently cited essay on “Economic […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
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 dilution is always strictly better. Combined with a lot of money being […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
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 firmware of hard drives. Then, details about the breach of SIM card maker […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
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 about ski vacations is that they offer so much reading time. I no longer feel […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
