Paradoxes at the Dinner Table: Rockefeller and Plato Contemplate
When Plato received John D. Rockefeller’s invitation for dinner, he insisted on an average type of restaurant. “Affordability is key,” he insisted, “and I pay my own way.” It happened that my table was behind theirs. Plato asked rhetorically: “Mr. Rockefeller, have...Rising Market Concerns: Reflections from Otto von Bismarck’s Strategy
On September 2nd, 1870, Otto von Bismarck met Napoleon III outside Sedan. The French had lost the decisive battle of Sedan and surrendered. A few weeks later, the Germans advanced, laying siege to Paris. On January 18th, 1871, in Versailles (of all places), the new...Leonardo on Opaque Systems, Questionable Returns, and the Kafkaesque Paradox
AI has a balance sheet problem: There is a fundamental discrepancy between the projected spending on AI and the corresponding projected revenues. No company can continue spending hundreds of billions of dollars (cumulatively trillions of dollars) and, in return,...On the “Auguries of Innocence”: Fragility Amid the Joys & Pains of the Market’s Journey
I sat down to draft this commentary after reading William Blake’s poem “Auguries of Innocence”, while in the background, Robert Zimmerman was singing: “In these times of compassion when conformity’s in fashion… Sing ‘Amazing Grace’ all the way to the Swiss...Sign Up for Our Publications
