Michael FolksonIsraeli judicial reforms: The end of democracy or a hullabaloo about nothing?I’m not a lawyer, legal expert or have anything other than a superficial level understanding of Israeli constitutional matters. But in…5 min read·Mar 13, 2023--1--1
Michael FolksonMake America Florida Again?I have never seen the United States like this. I have never seen a Democratic Party like this, either in power or out of power. I have…7 min read·Mar 13, 2023----
Michael FolksonExploring Israel, the startup nation (Part 2)This was written based on experiences and research I did in 2019. This included multiple visits to the Taglit Innovation Center in Tel Aviv…7 min read·Nov 13, 2022----
Michael FolksonCrypto’s Judgment DayI wrote this and this in 2017. Five years ago. At the time I knew I was fighting a losing battle to try to get funding for a Bitcoin…5 min read·Nov 11, 2022----
Michael FolksonExploring Israel, the startup nation (Part 1)This was originally written in 2019 and I am publishing it in November 2022. I haven’t edited it since so as not to dilute my initial…9 min read·Nov 4, 2022----
Michael FolksonShaming the nouveau richeI’ve done better recently at retreating to my laptop and my noise cancelling headphones and broadly ignoring the UK media generating…3 min read·Dec 4, 2018----
Michael FolksonSoftware Engineering DailyI spent the best part of 6 months traipsing around the San Francisco Bay Area with very little money or accommodation trying to raise funds…4 min read·May 1, 2018----
Michael FolksonSkin in the GameIf you give an opinion, and someone follows it, you are morally obligated to be, yourself, exposed to its consequences.7 min read·Apr 23, 2018----
Michael FolksonRIP AviciiAvici — the lowest level of hell in Buddhist belief system3 min read·Apr 21, 2018----
Michael FolksonThe turnaround of Andreessen HorowitzYesterday Balaji S. Srinivasan described the turnaround of 21.co from a failing company bleeding capital to being acquired by Coinbase for…·3 min read·Apr 17, 2018----