A historical collection of our writing.
It is a common idea that we should learn from our mistakes. In practice though I see many people making the same mistakes repeatedly. I myself have found that it often takes me making the same mistake at least twice before I really learn from it. Leading a startup is about personal growth and […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The discussion around taxing wealth, and in particular billionaires, has been illuminating. Not in the sense of learning something new but rather seeing who is willing to make or defend bad takes instead of engaging in any level of critical thinking. To make it clear on where I am on this issue, I […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Twitter Banning Political Ads: Woke but Wrong Twitter is banning political ads . This is Jack sticking it to Mark while the latter is on the ropes in a one-two punch including a jab against Libra . This mast feel like sweet revenge for the many ways Facebook has messed with Twitter over the years […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
A question I get quite frequently is “What makes a good leader?” One of the most important aspects of a good leader is that they have values. This may at first sound noncontroversial, but we are surrounded today by leaders who do not have values or whose only values are to get rich personally or to […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
A while back I recorded an interview with Jason Jacobs for his podcast series My Climate Journey . Jason did a great job pushing me on a number of different issues which helped clarify my thinkings (thanks, Jason). Today Jason launched the episode and I suggest you go and check it out . I love […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Yesterday Google’s paper announcing a first instance of “quantum supremacy” was published in Nature . Not surprisingly for those who have followed the topic there is now a healthy debate around what that actually means. Google was celebrating in a big way including tweets by Sundar Pichai . IBM was […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
