A historical collection of our writing.
The current sequence of Tech Tuesday posts is about the theory of computation. We have already seen that a simple of model of computation such as the Finite State Machine is very useful but has severe limitations in that it cannot even decide a language as simple as all palindromes. We then learned […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
In my personal public markets portfolio I am long a number of robotics companies because I see robotics as one of the big secular trends that’s investible. As we are getting more and more robots in different form factors (including drones and even 3D printers), I am curious whether there is a need […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I am a bit of a grinch around the holidays as I really don’t like getting more stuff. As a result I am also not all that excited about buying stuff for other people. Thankfully this year there is a terrific solution – gift cards from Skillshare and from Shapeways. With these you can give […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Facebook goes public and its stock declines. Commentators write that investors should have known it was overpriced. Twitter goes public and its stock pops. Commentators write that the company left money on the table. Not nearly enough people though remark on how crazy it is that companies still go […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Today I will be participating in a discussion at NYU on the future of higher education. The panel that I will be on has been given the following questions: “Do universities provide good value for money today? What are the gaps in the higher ed ecosystem, and who will fill them?” As it turns out […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Last Tech Tuesday as part of my series on the theory of computation I introduced the Turing Machine. Just to refresh your memory, the Turing Machine is essentially a Finite State Machine connected to an infinite tape for storage. And now, drum roll, here is Alan Turing’s amazing intellectual […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
