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A Land of Opportunity for All
In a capitalist society, there are two ways to build wealth: wage labor and capital returns. Despite our ideals, the overwhelming majority of Americans are far more familiar with the former than the latter. While most have some exposure to capital returns, such as through homeownership or retirement accounts, they are often modest. For far…
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Betting on Data: AI’s Value Mismatch
It occurs to me that the valuations of many “AI companies” are too high relative to the valuations placed on certain proprietary datasets, many of which are owned, controlled, and maintained by companies whose valuations are driven by more traditional means, but whose businesses also stand to benefit immensely from further AI development due to…
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What works for the new workforce
The gig economy is nothing new: In 1960’s Kentucky, my grandfather learned to weld by working “piecemeal” – an arrangement where you’re paid by the number of parts you finish. Even then, this was an old-school, pre-industrialization practice that he was only able to land in the ultra-rural part of the country where he (and…