A historical collection of our writing.
Towards the end of 2019, which feels a decade ago, I wrote a post on growth . It was an attempt to get away from the blanket term “growth” and its counterpart “degrowth,” which have become stand-ins for entire philosophies and move the discussion to specific categories such as knowledge (need more) […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One key lesson from COVID19 is that we need a lot more decentralization. This is especially true when the center is as inept at managing the crisis as the US federal government has proven to be. For example, the power of agencies such as the CDC and the FDA has turned out to be problematic, […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
At USV we have been discussing a cooling internet universe for several years now. We have largely stayed away from backing strictly sales driven companies as they are exposed to competitors who can spend more money on sales and marketing. We have relatively early on branched out into investing in […] Read more
Since I wrote my post on “The Road Back from COVID19 ′′ we have made lots of progress on two out of the three pillars: masks and tracing. Masks went from a discussion of their merits to being mandatory to wear in public in several states , including New York. Tracing went from a hodgepodge of […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day , an annual event supporting environmental protection and increasingly dedicated to fighting the climate crisis . Much had been planned, but due to COVID19 those plans had to be scrapped. Instead there will now be a global live stream at Earth Day Live […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The lockdown measures put in place have started to flatten the curve, but they are hugely disruptive and even if we were better about freezing the economy than we are, we cannot possibly maintain them until we have a vaccine (which is many months off at a minimum). So how do we get back from […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
