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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…
Ruminations on Meritocracy, Pink Cows and the Curious Resilience of Corporate Failure
Aweh Dear Ruminants and Groupies, The Two Capitalisms There are, it seems to me, two very different forms of capitalism. In the first, value creation is brutally tested every single day. If you are a dentist, patients return only if you are competent. If you are a surgeon, your reputation rests on outcomes. If you…
Ruminations on Who You Think You Are
Aweh Dear Ruminants and Groupies, A Bar, a Cow, a Vice President, and a Vorlon A pink cow, JD Vance, a Vorlon, and I walk into a bar… This is not the beginning of a joke, although it probably should be. It is also not, strictly speaking, a bar. It is more of a dining…
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