Various
interviews and opinion pieces, primarily concerning business
or technological issues. Although I try to keep these links
up to date, the content provider frequently rearranges their
file system or deletes older content. If the link is broken,
try searching their web site. Or, click one of the "local"
buttons on the left to view an HTML version of the
original article, often expanded and updated.
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Back to the Future, a technique to compare stocks and fund returns withouth the misleading sensitivity and dependency on starting date. |
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Vouching for Quality Health Care- proposing the distribution of yearly insurance vouchers to pay for universal health care, yet allow for private sector innovation, efficiency and effectiveness. From Business Week of 7/16/2009 |
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You Should be Able to Patent Ideas - a comment on why business method patents are fundamentally no different than mechanical inventions. From the Wall Street Journal 6/25/2009 |
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Too Much of a Good Thing- on why large systems fail catastrophically. An unintended consequence of trying to copy and promulgate the best ideas... |
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Business
Week 9/2008 suggesting a three point plan to reinvigorate Microsoft. Of course, MS is not going out of business any time soon, but the hardest thing for a leader to do, is rethink their business before circumstances force them to play catchup. |
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Business
Week 12/2007 explaining how consumers balance their rate of spending against their rate of earning- you may not be able to spend more than $2/hr and still keep your head above water. |
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A speech from the Sept 2007 Argyl Executive forum outlining key rules for venture capital success. |
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Business
Week 07/2007 highlighting the enormous inefficiencies of converting one form of energy to another, and how to let better design and planning chart a path to energy freedom. |
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Business
Week 06/2007 observing that while solar panels generate no CO2, they are deep black and may warm the earth despite their "green" footprint. |
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Business
Week 05/2007 warning that by spending too much time worrying about hijacking and even atomic bombs, we risk suffering a greater disaster from bioterror. |
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Week 09/2006 on the crisis in science education, and how to encourage a scientifically literate nation |
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Business
Week 03/2006 on the importance of energy efficiency- and
how we could save 30% of our energy consumption with little
economic pain. |
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Business
Week 12/2005 explaining why patents are less valuable than
most people think, and how to invent a solution to our patent
malaise. |
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Business
Week 11/2005 predicting the next richest man in the world
will use nanoscience to cure disease and sculpt our genetic
code. |
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Business
Week 9/2005 on using "platform technology" concepts
to help survive disasters and lower the risk of underestimating
risks. |
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Business
Week 5/2005 on phantom productivity incentives standing
in the way of creating real, enduring wealth |
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Business
Week 3/2005 on the need to reinvest in human capital to
assure America's technological strength. |
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Business
Week 1/2005 promoting the use of a spectrum commodity exchange
to ignite a new wave of wireless investment and innovation. |
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Telecommunications
Magazine 3/2004 more on spectrum allocation. |
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Always
On 2/15/04 on the need to start investing in replacements
for the silicon transistor, before a crisis in power dissipation
hits next decade. |
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CNET
News.com 4/3/03 on giving music away in bulk to earn product
loyalty, instead of stealing MP3s |
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Telecom
Flash 3/31/03, on ways to improve communications competition
despite monopoly ownership |
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IDG
2/19/03, on the potential FCC ruling to no longer require local
phone companies to lease their network to competitors |
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Barrons
11/11/02, on the coming revenue crisis for cable systems due
to broadband modems and 802.1 |
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America's
Network 11/01/02, on how the telecom industry should reconfigure
for success |
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Business
Week 7/2/2002 on the decline of long term research in the
United States, emphasizing ways to improve the patent system
and other incentives. |
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Technology
Review 4/2002,
on ways to blunt terrorism by making its targets less valuable
to attack, and less expensive to defend |
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Strategos
4/2002 on the role of scenario planning at AT&T during
its most turbulent years |
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America's
Network 4/15/2002 on the future of optical networks. |
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Patently
Absurd 3/12/2000, in the NYTimes Magazine by James Gleick |
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Future
of the Future 11/13/2000, in Barrons |
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Fast
Company 2/1997 on the Customer Expectations Research effort
at Bell Labs. The CER started developing new methodologies to
help predict the future of consumer behavior and more intuitive
user interfaces. |
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Pulse
of the Planet 9/1996 radio interview on the wrist telephone. |
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PCMag
Digital Visionaries 5/1995 on the future of innovation on the
net |
