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Some Notes from the Basic Income Congress
Albert Wenger – Mar 2, 2015
This weekend I attended parts of the North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress (agenda and speakers). What follows are some observations. Please take these with a grain of salt as I only attended some sessions Friday evening and Saturday morning. [...] Read more
FCC Votes to Keep Internet Access Open for Innovation
Albert Wenger – Feb 26, 2015
The FCC just ruled to ban fast lanes for internet access. Consumers have already paid with their bills for bandwidth and they understood that cable companies were trying to double dip by also charging content originators for the same bandwidth. [...] Read more
How Much is Enough by Robert and Edward Skidelsky (Book Review)
Albert Wenger – Feb 25, 2015
Over vacation I read “How Much is Enough?” by Robert and Edward Skidelsky. I highly recommend the book as it goes after a central question that we should all be asking both individually and collectively. The book starts with an [...] Read more
Beware the Post Money Trap
Albert Wenger – Feb 24, 2015
In the current valuation environment many entrepreneurs seem to believe that only two numbers matter in a financing: the amount of the raise and the dilution. This leads them to buy into the idea that more money for the same [...] Read more
The Crypto Wars Will Have No Winners
Albert Wenger – Feb 20, 2015
Keeping this short because I am on family vacation but there have been two stories this past week that we should all take note off. First, there was the revelation that the NSA had installed spying software deeply in the [...] Read more
Vacation Reading
Albert Wenger – Feb 12, 2015
We will be going on family ski vacation, so there will likely be no new posts until week after next. In the meantime though here are the books that I am bringing with me: One of the things I love [...] Read more
Birthday
Albert Wenger – Feb 11, 2015
It is my birthday today and thanks to Susan’s planning we had a fantastic day as a family starting with a yummy blueberry pancake and bacon breakfast. After a great Korean lunch we went and saw Cabaret. The kids were [...] Read more
Machine Intelligence Progress is Accelerating
Albert Wenger – Feb 10, 2015
I don’t (yet) worry about a Terminator or Matrix like scenario where machines take over the world and subjugate humans. But it is useful to remind oneself of the rate of progress that has been taking place. I started programming [...] Read more
NYC Should Tax High End Absentee Apartment Buyers
Albert Wenger – Feb 9, 2015
The New York Times has been running a great series about high end real estate ownership in the city titled “Towers of Secrecy”. The upshot is that much of it is owned by people who are rarely if ever here. [...] Read more