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Ruminations on the Galápagos of the car industry
Aweh, Dear Ruminants and Groupies, It is September 2046 and I am going to America. I have been advised not to. Not because it is dangerous. America remains quite safe, provided one avoids schools, political rallies and discussing tariffs. The problem is getting in. My American visitor visa cost $10,000. There were three interviews. The…
Ruminations on the lanyard class
Aweh, Dear Ruminants and Groupies, How many lanyards have you received in the past year? Can you judge your importance by how many you have? Do you throw them away? South Africa has a genuinely consequential energy-investment ecosystem because the country is simultaneously trying to rebuild the grid, procure huge quantities of new generation, create…
Ruminations on Objective Reality and Elon Musk
Aweh, Dear Ruminants and Groupies, I watched all 85 minutes of the recent interview between Elon Musk and Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist.Not merely the flurry of soundbites it subsequently produced. I had two reactions. The first was: Bloody hell, this is fascinating. The second was: Bloody hell, this is disturbing. These reactions…
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