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19
Sep
WHAT IS THE EBITDA OF A FIGHTER SQUADRON?
Stay with me. Half of you just rolled your eyes and half of you just got mad, and you got
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17
Sep
NOUS AVONS LA MONTRE
There’s a walnut block on my desk. Mounted on top is a NORAD wristwatch, hands frozen at twelve. On
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13
Sep
THE $130 CIGAR
A few weeks ago my wife Napita handed me a cigar in Tampa that cost about $130. That’s not
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11
Sep
TWO F-16s OVER CHICAGO: MY 9/11 STORY
Most of the country spent September 11, 2001 in front of a television.
That’s not a criticism. There was
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09
Sep
THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR, REVISITED
What If It Already Happened? And what of Boyd’s prescience?
My last post was about AGI. The comments I
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07
Sep
FROM BLACK MOUNTAIN TO DISRUPTIVE SOLUTIONS TO AGI
Nearly Twenty Years Executing in the Age of Surprise
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says we’ve reached AGI.
He put
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05
Sep
THE GOLF COURSE OFFSET
Data centers use a lot of water. Don’t hide it or minimize it. But put it in context instead.
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04
Sep
State Capitalism: When the Referee Joins the Game
State capitalism has become a buzzword. Say it on a panel and heads nod. Ask the same panel to define
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02
Sep
THE RIGHT TO WIN
What do you do so well that you deserve to win?
For two and a half years at the Pentagon,
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31
Aug
THE ZIPPER
What does merging onto a German highway have to do with rebuilding the American industrial base? More than I would
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