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selected interviews and opinion pieces

     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 a simple text version of the original article.

 

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button     Business Week 12/2007 explaining how counsumers 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.
button 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.
button 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.
button Business Week 05/2007 warning that by spending too much time worrying about hihjacking and even atomic bombs, we risk suffering a greater disaster from bioterror.
button Business Week 09/2006 on the crisis in science education, and how to encourage a scientifically literate nation
Business Week 03/2006 on the importance of energy efficiency- and how we could save 30% of our energy consumption with little economic pain.
Business Week 12/2005 explaining why patents are less valuable than most people think, and how to invent a solution to our patent malaise.
Business Week 11/2005 predicting the next richest man in the world will use nanoscience to cure disease and sculpt our genetic code.
Business Week 9/2005 on using "platform technology" concepts to help survive disasters and lower the risk of underestimating risks.
Business Week 5/2005 on phantom productivity incentives standing in the way of creating real, enduring wealth
Business Week 3/2005 on the need to reinvest in human capital to assure America's technological strength.
Business Week 1/2005 promoting the use of a spectrum commodity exchange to ignite a new wave of wireless investment and innovation.
Telecommunications Magazine 3/2004 more on spectrum allocation.
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.
CNET News.com 4/3/03 on giving music away in bulk to earn product loyalty, instead of stealing MP3s
Telecom Flash 3/31/03, on ways to improve communications competition despite monopoly ownership
IDG 2/19/03, on the potential FCC ruling to no longer require local phone companies to lease their network to competitors
Barrons 11/11/02, on the coming revenue crisis for cable systems due to broadband modems and 802.1
America's Network 11/01/02, on how the telecom industry should reconfigure for success
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.
Technology Review 4/2002, on ways to blunt terrorism by making its targets less valuable to attack, and less expensive to defend
Strategos 4/2002 on the role of scenario planning at AT&T during its most turbulent years
America's Network 4/15/2002 on the future of optical networks.
Patently Absurd 3/12/2000, in the NYTimes Magazine by James Gleick
Future of the Future 11/13/2000, in Barrons
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.
Pulse of the Planet 9/1996 radio interview on the wrist telephone.
PCMag Digital Visionaries 5/1995 on the future of innovation on the net

 

 

 

 

 


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