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I am not opposed to regulation. I think that industry needs to play by a set of rules that ensures things like public safety, fair dealing, etc. But I do think that regulating an industry or a company too early [...]  Read more

Living in LA has always meant owning a car. I remember when the Gotham Gal was a senior in college and got a semester long internship in LA. Her first comment to me back then was “now I have to [...]  Read more

In this talk, Muneeb Ali , founder of our portfolio company Blockstack , calls the period we are in right now “the dark ages of the Internet” and explains why he sees it that way. He goes on to talk [...]  Read more

This post is not about the tragedy that happened at Parkland or the gun safety debate that has been re-energized by it. Those are both worthy topics but I’m not opining on them today. I do hope that this tragedy, [...]  Read more

I listened to Sam Harris talk to Niall Ferguson yesterday on Sam’s Waking Up podcast . Niall is a historian, an author, a journalist, and an academic. He has just published a new book on a topic that is near [...]  Read more

A reader recently wrote me this email: I’d be very interested in a blog piece from you on how you prioritise what content to read/watch/listen to. There’s so much out there, and it doesn’t stop. You seem to balance a [...]  Read more

As you can see, I am not writing this presidents day weekend. I explained why on friday . Instead I’ve been posting things that I found worth sharing with all of you. Today, I want to share a blog post [...]  Read more

My friend Gordon texted me this podcast and said “AI, blockchain, and homomorphic data. Trifecta!” I gave it a listen and indeed some very interesting concepts are discussed in this one. Read more

A lot of people in the crypto sector have suggested that ICOs and tokens are the future of early stage investing and highly disruptive to my business (venture capital). In this video (yet another from the Upfront Conference), VCs and [...]  Read more