October 30, 2008

Quote du Jour: Porsche as I-Bank

[Porsche] is an investment bank with a car showroom attached.    -- Analyst quoted in Times of London And I’m sure that will end well....

The Looming Deflation/Reflation Whipsaw

Economists and pundits are spinning their heads in circles, going from inflation worries a few months ago, to deflation worries today, but still fretting about inflation in the future. It’s highly amusing to watch, and points to the perils of...

Juan Enriquez on the Debt Crisis and the Future

Great presentation by Juan Enriquez at Pop!Tech on the current financial crisis, its causes, and the solutions, such as they are. Juan Enriquez (2008) Pop!Tech Pop!Cast from PopTech on Vimeo....

Still Fishing

Sorry for things being so slow around here. I’ve been traveling all week, doing talks and panels in New York and Toronto....

The Future Belongs to Crowds

The future belongs to crowds.               -- Don DeLillo, Mao II I’m spending a lot of time thinking about crowds and crowd turbulence, of late. In a presentation today, I used the the following photo from a paper on...