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Could RSS have prevented the financial crisis?
W. David Stephenson says yes. Simply, he’s right. Any structured flow of information that ensured transparency could have prevented the causes (the hedge fund shadow economy, unknown derivatives market). Of course, that would have required a culture that incentivized (or demanded to … Continue reading
Honest Advice on Starting a Company
Mark Suster has a pretty good presentation he gave at Stanford on the topic. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Hmmmm…. Aerotropolis
Here’s the upcoming book about how cities will be centered on their connectivity in the form of airports. I don’t buy it. Soon the airport will be at the center and the city will be built around it, the better … Continue reading
Abandoned Six Flags In New Orleans
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Attacking Globalization Itself
UPS is just-in-time globalization. What’s most interesting about the mail bombs going out on it’s networks (cell phones strapped to explosives, designed to go off when the alarm went off), is that the attackers did not know where that would occur. … Continue reading