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Context for my strategy bets have to do with localism, social infrastructure, tools and weapons, monetization of data, inequality, imperfection, education, wealth creation and law, evolution, game theory, automation, trauma, information asymmetries, misinformation, aging, attention, homelessness, hearing, American history, tap dance, poetry, debt, the Blues, the Delta, rural towns, sorting, forgetting, market failures, resilience, leaderless… Continue reading where to from here? context on my strategy bets for 2020 →

Data and its V's You've probably heard about the "Three V's" of data: Volume, Variety, and Velocity. Lately some folks also add a fourth data V, with the addition of "Veracity." Volume, variety, velocity, and veracity are all certainly important considerations when we talk about data, but I want to focus on a different data… Continue reading the five L’s of data value →

Alongside part one, I have a few additional predictions about the future of data. They are: Consumers will demand a better balance between technology, data, healthcare, and nature. Expectations of "More faster better now" will give way to an increased demand for quality over quantity with technology/data/AI. Alongside this, there will be an increased emphasis… Continue reading the future of data: part II →

Prediction is funny business. There are no shortage of erroneous forecasts to liter history. Mine may ultimately join the garbage heap of forecasts proven wrong. Nevertheless, I have a number of bets I'm making about the future of data. In no particular order, I expect that: Misinformation and security breaches will cause data to become… Continue reading the future of data: part I →

I gave a talk recently at WordCamp Long Beach about data, technology, and some important questions I think we need be asking about our shared futures. Why you are losing to data right now I'll add some more thoughts on it soon, but since the video is up now, I figured I'd go ahead and… Continue reading cambridge or cancer?: critical questions about the future of data and technology →