I was taught the inverted pyramid in j-school. (Yes, I’m old.) The headline was the story. You summarized that story in the first sentence. You put the most important point second. And so on. This let the editor cut it wherever they wanted to make it fit, because the paper was paid when you bought […]
As an American, I was taught in elementary school that the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed slavery. It didn’t. There’s a specific carve-out, in the text of the amendment. “Except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.” Anyone in jail today is legally a slave. This is […]
The assumption of investors and most media is that the Cloud Czars are going to dominate the AI age. This runs counter to all past narratives. It assumes industry leaders cross a technology chasm untouched. Remember that in 1995, AT&T and IBM dominated the Internet. Before streaming cable companies, many owned by broadcasters, dominated video. […]
Moore’s Law Makes Time More Valuable. That sounds simple, but it’s a huge deal. It also explains a lot of today’s economic dislocations. Time is the one thing technology can’t give us. It can only help us get more out of the time we have. When technology improves productivity, we can do more. More gets […]
When a company loses its passion, when it tosses employee morale in the sink, it’s time to walk away. I dumped my Alphabet (Google) stock last week. Google began losing its way the day co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin left. They’re now the 6th and 7th richest people in the world. Their fortunes, taken together, […]
I finally retired my 42-year old Romic road bike (right) this Christmas and bought an e-bike. The brand is Edison. They’re the local heroes, based on the east side of Atlanta. It’s a miracle. I’m 69. Been riding bikes all my life. But age means my back hurts. It can take a half-hour to prepare […]
All the issues of 2024 come down to a choice between liberty and license. Everyone loves the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” […]
Elon Musk insists he’s going to deliver Full Self-Driving, with help from China’s Baidu. The stock is rising as a result. He won’t. He can’t. Although maybe Baidu can. The reason should be clear to any American. While self-driving software can adapt to rational changes in the driving environment, it has a tough time with […]
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) hangover has begun. Both Nvidia and Meta Platforms fell 10% after earnings that beat street estimates. The AI infrastructure boom is rolling on, but investors are just starting to add up the cost. The flood of negativity is even rolling into companies that are making big money from AI applications, like […]
There isn’t one AI market right now. There are two. One is real. One is fake. What people care about is the fake market. Alexa running your life. Dave refusing to open the pod bay door. White collar workers made homeless. Being unable to distinguish what’s real from what’s not. The Cloud Czars are working […]
