Waking up to Regulation

Regulators have been far behind what’s going on in Silicon Valley for a long time. They’re catching up.

When Zenefits CEO Parker Conrad resigned in February, the news left many in shock. The wild west of “disruption with reckless abandon” that became the mantra of technology…

The Coming Regulatory Onslaught

On Monday April 4th, the Treasury Department announced new regulations regarding inversions. In their announcement, Treasury said they would move “swiftly to finalize [the regulations].”

Things we should ignore

and things we shouldn’t

Based on the current or potential impact, we don’t pay enough attention to:

• Autonomous vehicles and AI in general
• Crazy housing costs driven by Soviet-style planning and…

Perfection is fragile

Every engineer knows that there is a tension between robustness and efficiency.

Perfect efficiency means zero redundancy and high risk of failure.

That holds true for banks, just-in-time delivery systems, power grids, economies and…

A system without regulation?

Topic of Discussion: Surge Pricing of Uber and Ola, does it make sense?

Inspiration for this writeup and these comments.