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Equating Uber With Transport Innovation Considered Harmful
Albert Wenger – Jul 12, 2015
There were two tweets about Uber recently that I found myself disagreeing with somewhat. Paul Graham tweeted And on the same day Chris Sacca (who is an investor in Uber) tweeted What do I not like about them? Equating Uber [...] Read more
Sailing Faster Than The Wind
Albert Wenger – Jul 3, 2015
Last week I had the opportunity to cross something off my bucket list: sailing faster than the wind. Now at first this sounds like a preposterous idea – if the wind is pushing you, then how could you go faster [...] Read more
Grexit
Albert Wenger – Jun 29, 2015
I remember well debating the concept a single European currency with my Dad when I was growing up in Germany long before the Euro was actually introduced. As a teenager I was fervently in favor and he was deeply skeptical. [...] Read more
Choosing Unfettered General Purpose Computing over Strong Privacy
Albert Wenger – Jun 25, 2015
Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds but the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote goes on to refer to Pythagoras, Socrates and Newton and so may it doesn’t refer to logical consistency but rather to the ability to learn from [...] Read more
Apple on Privacy: What About Limits on General Purpose Computing?
Albert Wenger – Jun 24, 2015
I have been meaning to write this post ever since I read about Tim Cook’s speech on how Apple protects its customers’ privacy. Since then there have been posts arguing that Google’s (and others’) approach has merits because it allows [...] Read more
Expectations: Your Responsibility
Albert Wenger – Jun 15, 2015
The first week on my first job after college I came into work super early and left super late. At the end of the week my then boss called me into his office and said: “it’s great that you are [...] Read more
Valuations, Profit Destroying Innovation and Winner’s Curse
Albert Wenger – Jun 9, 2015
We all know that valuations in the private markets are high at the moment and generally ahead of public market valuations. There are multiple reasons for this including principal agent issues in venture capital and most importantly the potential for [...] Read more
Where Are We Headed?
Albert Wenger – Jun 5, 2015
I have been telling lots of people that I am writing a book about our transition past the industrial economy. If you have been reading Continuations for a while you know that this has been the subject of much of [...] Read more
Technological Underemployment: Addressing Common Objections
Albert Wenger – Jun 1, 2015
I have been writing a lot about the impact of technology on the labor market, arguing that we need a Universal Basic Income. My basic premise is that technological progress is making it harder and harder for people to earn [...] Read more