A reader recently dropped by to say that our content would get us on Howard Stern before it landed us a Ted talk. It’s compliments like that which keep us going and let us know our snark is set to an appropriate level. Sometimes saying things how they are is seen as being iconoclastic, and […]
While “Retail Apocalypse” would no doubt make a great sequel to the iconic movie “Apocalypse Now” – with Martin Sheen reprising his role as Capt. Willard, trying to navigate his way through the dangerous modern day Mekong of the American mall – the term actually refers to the collapse of brick-and-mortar stores. More than 100 […]
The way venture capitalists (VCs) look at business ventures depends on which stage they’re coming in at. American television show Shark Tank gives us a glimpse of what VCs look for in the earliest stages of a business – signs of traction, which usually comes in the form of revenues. “We did $700,000 in sales […]
Back in the 1960s, Joseph Weizenbaum of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory created one of the first chatbots, which he named ELIZA. Weizenbaum modeled its conversational style after Carl Rogers, a psychotherapist who was known for parroting patients’ responses back at them. His hypothesis was that while chatbots could emulate human conversation superficially, they could […]
Technological advancement makes people uncomfortable, and artificial intelligence (AI) is no exception. It’s going to uncover things we don’t like, things we cannot explain, and things that truly impact mankind – maybe even all at the same time. How it can possibly add so much value may remain a mystery at times. For us to […]
A typical novice investor is someone who Googles “best stocks to invest in under $5.” It’s not because they’re asking Google where to invest their hard-earned money, it’s that they’re associating the price of a stock with the size of a company. That’s not how investing works. Tesla at $700 a share is not more […]
Last year, investors rode some record highs. The market charged upward, despite The Rona. More investors spazzed out on SPACs, to the tune of nearly 250 IPOs that raised about $80 billion. That’s about as much funding ($80.6 billion) that was funneled into global healthcare startups in 2020. That’s a new record, according to the […]
The ability for marketers to gauge intent these days is spooky. Performing a simple Google search for “hotels in Angeles City” while sitting in a cafe in Manila will suddenly surface “cheapest transport from Manila to Angeles City” ads in your Facebook stream. It knows you’ll need cheap transport to get there so you can […]
So much in medical science is yet unknown. For example, if you think your brain is what makes you “you,” think again. A documentary called Transplanting Memories proposes some controversial theories about how it’s not just the brain paying attention. While the prevalence is small at 5%, there are a number of interesting cases where […]
Having been investors in Google since their IPO, we became concerned when the company started dipping its toes in politics. When they started hiring “adventure cartoonists” to explain technical concepts, we sensed things were going downhill. Today, the company’s CEO spends his time fighting all the fires being created by the incompetent imbeciles he now […]