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Why Dogs Don’t Use The Internet

By Bill Davidow and Andrew Logan

5 min readOct 19, 2020

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Why Dogs Don’t Use The Internet

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Bill Davidow

The Invisible Hand Has Lost Its Grip

In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, the 18th-century economist, invoked an enduring piece of imagery to explain his benign view of self…

2 min readSep 12, 2019

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The Invisible Hand Has Lost Its Grip

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Bill Davidow

The Drug Pusher in Your Family Room

Apple, Google, Electronic Arts, Zynga, Facebook, LinkedIn, Sony, Microsoft, Research In Motion (RIM), and Nintendo are all leveraging…

2 min readSep 10, 2019

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The Drug Pusher in Your Family Room

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Bill Davidow

Give Me Orwell Or Give Me Cyber-Crime

We face a stark choice between a potential Orwellian state and lives ruled by cyber-terrorists and cyber-criminals. This choice stems from…

2 min readSep 10, 2019

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Give Me Orwell Or Give Me Cyber-Crime

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Bill Davidow

The Necessary Pain of Free Trade

I am a big supporter of free trade. When people ask me why, I trot out my “free-trade-is -like-going-to-the-dentist” argument. Politicians…

2 min readSep 9, 2019

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The Necessary Pain of Free Trade

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Bill Davidow

What Can a Tsunami Teach Us About Finance?

It is almost impossible to build a tightly-connected, complex system like a nuclear reactor or a large financial system and make it…

2 min readSep 5, 2019

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What Can a Tsunami Teach Us About Finance?

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Bill Davidow

Is Apple a Common Carrier?

As more of us take up residence in a virtual world, definitions and legal distinctions of the past no longer apply. A common carrier today…

2 min readSep 5, 2019

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Is Apple a Common Carrier?

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Bill Davidow

Rich in Theory, Bankrupt in Practice

The difference between theory and practice is that practice takes theory into account. This simple statement about theory explains why we…

2 min readSep 4, 2019

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Rich in Theory, Bankrupt in Practice

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Bill Davidow

How JPMorgan Chase Outsourced Its Reputation

In an Internet-driven, overconnected world, some connections are too dangerous to make. A recent electronic break-in at Epsilon provides a…

2 min readSep 2, 2019

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How JPMorgan Chase Outsourced Its Reputation

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Bill Davidow

Should We Regulate the Cloud?

The cloud — the next new Internet thing — is too important to be regulated and too important to be left alone.

2 min readAug 30, 2019

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Should We Regulate the Cloud?

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Bill Davidow

Bill Davidow

A High-Tech Industry executive and a venture investor for 30+ years, directly involved in building pivotal companies in Silicon Valley. https://davidow.com

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