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Christopher Robert Thomas

Christopher Robert Thomas

How we think about global development highlights that we think about everything incorrectly

Factfulness by Hans Rosling and coauthors is a book about global development that is really a book about why we often fail to deal with…

Jan 16, 2019

How we think about global development highlights that we think about everything incorrectly

Jan 16, 2019

Christopher Robert Thomas

The Battle of the AI Superpowers to Unemploy Everyone, and Community Rising from the Ashes

AI Superpowers By Kai-Fu Lee is a book about the race between the US and China to develop AI.

Jan 4, 2019

The Battle of the AI Superpowers to Unemploy Everyone, and Community Rising from the Ashes

Jan 4, 2019

Christopher Robert Thomas

Reflection on a day long meditation

I recognize that of all things in life, I am most addicted to thinking. The narrator in my mind is primarily a time traveler, zooming back…

Dec 17, 2018

Reflection on a day long meditation

Dec 17, 2018

Christopher Robert Thomas

Markets vs relationships [daily thought]

I have a colleague considering joining my gym, which offers $250 to members for referring new members. We have a former colleague (who I…

Dec 16, 2018

Dec 16, 2018

Christopher Robert Thomas

Will the robots take our jobs? Are we doomed? Carlotta Perez says it’s basically up to us.

A few years ago I was working on a book with the great thinker Clay Christensen. We were writing about fundamental changes in the economy…

Dec 16, 2018

Will the robots take our jobs? Are we doomed? Carlotta Perez says it’s basically up to us.

Dec 16, 2018

Christopher Robert Thomas

How Capitalism Eats Community (…and what to do about it)

The early morning ride to the airport is one of the least pleasant of life's activities (I know this well, as I do it almost every week!)…

Apr 2, 2018

How Capitalism Eats Community (…and what to do about it)

Apr 2, 2018

Christopher Robert Thomas

Healthcare vs Sickcare and the data sharing unlock

Working to transform companies in the software and healthcare spaces, I think about the intersection of these markets often. One of our…

Mar 17, 2018

Mar 17, 2018

Christopher Robert Thomas

When are we allowed to call something stupid?

We humans have a marked tendency to spot flaws in our worlds, particularly the actions of people and systems. “What was he thinking?” or…

Mar 11, 2018

Mar 11, 2018

Christopher Robert Thomas

Pivot points in time and human Greatness

I recently watched The Darkest Hour, a great case study on human capital-G Greatness — which I’ll define to be the art of counterfactually…

Mar 7, 2018

Pivot points in time and human Greatness

Mar 7, 2018

Christopher Robert Thomas

When should you “move fast and break things”?

“Move fast and break things.” Mark Zuckerberg’s mantra is often cited as a commandment of startup success.

Mar 6, 2018

When should you “move fast and break things”?

Mar 6, 2018

Christopher Robert Thomas

Christopher Robert Thomas

promiscuous ideavore, proponent of the other side of a debate. Views are my own. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/rcsblogserv

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