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Technological advancements are reshaping countless aspects of the decades to come. → Read More
“There are decades where nothing happens; and, there are weeks where decades happen,” observed Vladimir Lenin. The recent weeks grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic certainly fall into the weeks-where-decades-happen category. What’s more, the trillions of dollars being spent on pandemic-fighting strategies might well make or break the decades to come, as I recently wrote. Take telehealth, the… → Read More
Six key drivers of humanity’s progress—computing, communications, information, energy, water and transportation—are headed toward zero cost. A better world is not assured, however. But, if we step up to the challenge, we can make the next few decades ones where centuries happen. → Read More
Ironically, while far-in-the-future climate predictions are intended to mobilize public opinion towards urgent action, they likely hurt that very cause. → Read More
We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why even be here? → Read More
PG&E was the victim of multiple random acts of climate violence. It could have been better prepared but could not have, alone, saved its customers, investors, creditors, etc., from these consequences of climate change. If we hold companies liable, expect many more climate change bankruptcies. → Read More
Remember the Segway? One could well imagine a similar fate for driverless cars. Here are 15 hurdles that AVs must overcome to avoid that outcome. → Read More
Here are six lessons that would have saved us from the Great Recession. They are the same lessons that could save us from the next great mess. Have we learned them yet? → Read More
Waymo's director of engineering provides vivid details on the complexity of the company's self-driving car effort to date and insight on challenges to come. → Read More
Waymo's director of engineering provides vivid details on the complexity of the company's self-driving car effort to date and insight on challenges to come. → Read More
Google vaulted from nowhere to grab the lead in driverless cars, but Waymo aims to win the race. → Read More
AI developers are making amazing advances. But, having a clear-eyed view of what AI can and cannot do is key to making good decisions about this disruptive technology — and leaving the irrational… → Read More
The data shows that Waymo is not only 615,000 miles ahead of its competitors but also that those competitors are still neophytes when it comes to proving their technology on real roads and interacting with unpredictable elements such as infrastructure, traffic and human drivers. → Read More
What do you do when you see the need for a big change? Unfortunately, most of us tend to do nothing. Instead, we need to find the wisdom in doing things wrong. → Read More
We must discard several misconceptions and reimagine how our society confronts this deadly, and expensive, disease. → Read More
Startup nuTonomy thinks that the island nation is the place to make autonomous vehicles — in the form of driverless taxis — a reality. → Read More
The answer to this question is usually debated on technical merits. The more significant distinctions, however, lie in the competing business models motivating each approach—and the economic fallout that each implies. → Read More
In corporate innovation, little else matters if your timing is wrong. Precise timing, however, is a fool’s errand. What is needed, instead, is a strong dose of “patient urgency.” → Read More
Once something gets anointed as a “pilot,” it’s no longer an option—it’s the destination. That can lock in early misconceptions of market dynamics, customer needs and technology requirements. → Read More
Forget Blue Ocean Strategy. Self-made billionaires ignore the distinction between "blue oceans" and "red oceans." 80 percent made their fortunes in contested market spaces. They operate in markets “that are a blending of new approaches within old modes that reveal ways to re-create the space.” → Read More