As I made my way up from midtown on foot, I thought about what my city walks give to me. The psychic clean up, the slowdown, the clarity. The way they help me sip in the collective vibe, affording me feedback on the cultural temperature.
Not getting this feedback when the streets empty out is, I think, what makes my winters hard. I need the feedback... See more
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Intelligence Revolution
Data Provocation: Hospitals are broken and ripe for technological disruption. I have been following General Catalyst’s bold moves lately, including helping found several healthcare companies and most recently acquiring an entire healthcare system in the United States. My hope is that this leads to a vertically integrated re-imagination of
Cosmic optimism changes this by encouraging truly interdisciplinary approaches that blend hard sciences with philosophy, arts, and contemplative practices. It grows its deeply felt optimism about human potential and technological progress, but redefines the current understanding of what is ‘progress’. Rather than limiting progress to mean the... See more
Ambitious startups will need a high value wedge and the product velocity to expand quickly, create innovative data loops, and establish themselves as a core user operating system or “system of intelligence”.