A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonEarlier this week, Kara Swisher interviewed Kate Crawford and Meredith Whittaker , who run NYU’s AI Now Institute . It is an interesting and thought provoking discussion. I don’t personally love Kate and Meredith’s answers on how society should be thinking about these issues. They feel very “20th […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI am not a fan of Orthodoxy. I appreciate the power of religion although I am not religious personally. I respect the followers of Allah, Jesus, Moses, Buddha, and other religious figures. I know that the beliefs of religious people give them great comfort and a purpose in life. What I don’t […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonHere in NYC, we are about halfway into a 10-year effort to get computer science classes into every public school building in NYC . We are already seeing significant impact and outcomes . Most of the students taking CS classes at school live in neighborhoods in NYC where there are no tech companies […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonYesterday morning, in raw, windy, 30 degree weather in NYC, I took a walk up the Highline to Hudson Yards. As I made the turn west at 29th street, I saw The Shed emerge through the tall buildings. The Shed is a new arts institution created to commission works from artists, both emerging and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonAfter predicting an IPO bonanza in my new year’s day post in 2015, and being largely wrong about it for four years, we are finally seeing it happen. I am not exactly sure what it is about this year, as opposed to any of the last five years, that has drawn all of these highly […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWe just packed up an Airbnb that we have been living in for three months in Los Angeles and are heading back east. This is a photo of my carry on luggage as I was packing it this morning. That is an AppleTV and a Sonos Connect in between my “shaving kit” and my sneakers. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
