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I started this blog in 2000, with the tagline "Thoughts on human interaction over the next 25 years." I meant  computer mediated i...

I don't know much about Evergrande , but given the origin of this blog did want to share some speculation. First, their debt is denomina...

The Universal Basic Income (UBI) has been getting buzz. So much so in fact, that even Bruce Sterling mentioned it in his rambly SXSW keynote...

Tyler Cowen asks whether it's better to be ruled by experts, or the people ? My personal preference is "neither", but Cowen ...

A lot has been written about Trump, Brexit, and the so-called revolt against the Davos consensus that's been in place since Clinton (or ...

If there's anyone ready to ditch the audio jack, it's me. My car has excellent bluetooth connectivity, which I use to listen to podc...

The S&P is down about 5% from it's high. Dramatic, but no big deal compared to the 50% drop in 2008. The broad selloff is being attr...

Although markets are down, I don't think Brexit will be bad for the British economy. Indeed, I think that it will be a boon. A major s...

Apple is going to add paid ads to app store searches. Currently, most of the money FB makes, especially on mobile, is on mobile ads. Most ...

Apple's app store is a strange beast. App store placement drives discovery, and is a key channel for companies to get downloads. If your...

I don't have a dog in the Bitcoin fight , but it's worth reading Fred Wilson's post for his (invested) perspective: I’ve been ...

I don't know whether Apple will remove the headphone jack from the next iPhone or not, but this Slate article has made to write about it...

Looks like the Fed is raising rates , and this WSJ article goes through winners and losers. There's another way to think about it though...

Square has gone public, seeking a target valuation of about $4B, down materially from it's $6B round in 2014. What this means depends e...

I am incredibly excited about Nintendo's new mobile game/messaging app, Miitomo . Messaging, and photos, are the killer apps on mobile p...

Two economists from my alma mater have an article on 538 about why the Housing Bubble tanked the economy when it burst in 2008, but the Int...

Dan Primack writes in Fortune that we might be seeing " peak unicorn ". Since landing in San Francisco on Wednesday, I’ve met wi...

Interesting piece on Facebook's new Messenger AI , "M": When you ask M a question, the AI works to understand what you’re as...

Although it's a terrible word, and an unhelpful communication technique, out of "paradigm" is still the best way I can charact...