Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Early indications September 2020: YouTube and Drill Music

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A month ago I had no idea what drill rap was. Then I read a review of a new book,   Ballad of the Bullet , in   The Economist . Thanks to th...
Monday, August 31, 2020

Early Indications August 2020: Book Review of Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann, Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric

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As with so many aspects of economics and finance, an entity’s name often says little about what it actually does or contains. The Dow Jones ...
Saturday, August 01, 2020

Early Indications June 2020: So many questions

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 I am both academically and temperamentally inclined to analyze the unintended consequences of technology innovation. That inclination can ...

Early indications July 2020: Our digital twins?

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Seeing the major US tech CEOs testifying before Congress earlier this week is a useful prompt to consider just what it is those companies s...
Saturday, May 30, 2020

Early Indications May 2020: Platforms and Truth

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As I write the president has recently signed an executive order that desires to change the status of Internet platforms’ responsibility for...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

Early Indications April 2020: Where comes next?

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Between the coming of spring, a few epidemiology curves trending downward, and some promising medical news, it’s beginning to be possible...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Early Indications March 2020: The Coronavirus hits higher education

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After what might have been the weirdest month of my life (I was on a plane to Europe on business 12 days after 9/11, whereas now most of us...