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May 30, 2016

the first driverless city

The World’s First Driverless City May Be In China

Longer-term, says Jing, the hope is that a successful all-autonomous city will provide an example not just to the Chinese government, but to any city. If the experiment works, then other cities may be more…

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Aug 24, 2015

expectations

What’re your expectations?

Steve Jobs was in this zone when he talked about dogma in his wondrous Stanford speech:

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other…

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Aug 17, 2015

little aliens

Growing up, I was aware of how different my parents were from everyone else’s.

It’s not just that we ate different food at home, that they dressed differently, or even just…

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Dec 2, 2013

Drone Wars: Amazon’s First Strike

Last night on 60 Minutes, Jeff Bezos unveiled Amazon’s plans for 30-minute drone delivery.

I’m guessing my reaction of “woah…COOL!” wasn’t uncommon. It feels totally in sync with how I imagine ‘the future.’

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Jun 20, 2013

Google, P&G, and Insidious Interviews

Interesting article in the NY Times about what Google has learned about hiring over the years. The highlights:

1) GPA & standardized test scores were uncorrelated with employee performance.

2) Ability to answer…

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Nov 5, 2012

america isn’t free.

Freedom isn’t free is a more catchy title, but doesn’t bullseye my point.

America isn’t free. We like to pretend that it is. While we might hate to even approach the premise, but here goes:

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Aug 13, 2012

the brilliance of the thiel fellowship.

A pretty cool documentary airs tonight on CNBC, 20 under 20: Transforming Tomorrow. It follows the selection process for the inaugural class of the “Thiel Fellows”. I saw an early version and really liked it. Edited together in the style of a reality tv show…

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Jun 26, 2012

our anchors.

Traveling was a great chance for me to get lost in thought. A lot of the threads in my head were long-simmering ideas that I now could pull on further.

I traveled alone for most of my trips. In practice, this meant that I was constantly surrounded by new single-serving friends in…

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Nov 21, 2011

what the debt committee actually said.

For immediate release 4:15PM EST [We’re releasing this statement after the US stock market closes. We don’t want you to see a cute chart on CNBC of the markets dropping as everyone realizes just how little we give a shit about actually doing our jobs. See: we’re…

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Jan 25, 2011

obama’s failure.

It’s good to be declarative when talking about presidents. They should own things. Think ‘Bush’s War’ for Iraq. And, now, it seems ‘Obama’s War’ for Afghanistan.

So, I’m declarative here: Obama’s failure.