A historical collection of our writing.
Bethany CrystalYesterday I walked past the Strand Bookstore near Union Square and couldn’t help but smile. Seeing all of the books outside on racks always reminds me of my very first year in New York City. Since I just passed my 8-year anniversary of living in this city, I always get a little reflective in […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Google formed and then within a week dissolved an AI Ethics board, in the corporate equivalent of many celebrity weddings: ill conceived, but quickly ended. The calls for ethics in AI have been strong and understandable. AI is powerful technology that can and already has gone terribly wrong, as in […] Read more (opens Continuations 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)
I got the idea for today’s Uncertainty Wednesday from seeing quite a few tweets in my timeline to the effect that startups don’t really have meaningful upside for employees. Tracing these tweets back, led me to this post titled “working for a startups makes increasingly less sense” which has the […] Read more (opens Continuations 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)
