I have always been a fan of Edward Luce. But his long take on Osteen is top notch: A preacher for Trump’s America: Joel Osteen and the prosperity gospel
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Fake it until you make it?
With UBER’s IPO fast approaching, the lack of profitability of its business model is again grabbing the limelight: since 2014, the cumulative operating losses now add up to over $12bn. How long can the company keep going without actually turning a profit?
Kurzweil’s Fireside Chat
At the Executive Program organised by Singularity University in San Francisco last year, we got the chance to sit down and talk at length with Ray Kurzweil, legendary inventor and futurist and author of great books like How to Create a Mind and The Singularity is Near. Here is a mural-summary of that chat:
Long Whisky
With such a volatile stock market that ended 2018 with one of its worst years in records and combined with top-grade fixed income not providing any yield, investors are flocking to alternative investments to keep their money. Whiskies, cars and coins are fast becoming major storages of value and with interest rates at such historicallyContinueContinue reading “Long Whisky”
Bill’s 10 Breakthroughs
Bill’s pick for the 10 breakthroughs for 2018: How we’ll invent the future, by Bill Gates
El Procés
The Spanish Supreme Court has started the trial for the Catalan politicians that have been in preventive jail since 2017. It seems like a good time to look at the legal and Constitutional aspects of the process that will capture Spain’s attention for the coming weeks: La ficción del procés a juicio.
Time to Hit the Slopes
Time to ski…
Moral Machine
After the viral Moral Machine survey, the results are in: MIT’s Moral Machines
Back to Basics
Might need to buy the revamped Playstation coming in December 2018…
Digital Progress
Interesting survey published in the MIT Sloan Management Review highlighting the roles within an organisation pushing for digitalisation.
Pablo F. Alonso Caprile 