Matt RJawaharlal NehruNovember 3, 1948: Jawaharlal Nehru, India, address to the United Nations:Oct 19, 2023Oct 19, 2023
Matt RChauvin and FloydOn April 20, 2021, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of three counts of unintentional homicide against George…May 8, 2021May 8, 2021
Matt RBackroom Economics: the Future of Retail?Let’s talk about the future of retail, and why Amazon and Costco are outperforming. I’ve worked several retail jobs, including in…Jun 23, 2020Jun 23, 2020
Matt RMilitary-Grade PropagandaJohn Gretton “Jocko” Willink, Jr. looks like a jock, if a jock joined the Navy Seals, fought in Iraq, and still couldn’t figure out his…Jun 20, 2020Jun 20, 2020
Matt RKazakhstan: Steady So Far with a Future as Vast as SpaceImagine Singapore, if Singapore had natural resources and was one of the largest countries in the world. Kazakhstan, where I spent two…Sep 25, 2019Sep 25, 2019
Matt RTesla’s Annual Shareholder Meeting (2019)I won’t spend too much time on Tesla’s 2019 annual shareholder meeting, because it was a well-oiled (pun intended) marketing job, and as a…Jun 14, 2019Jun 14, 2019
Matt RGraeme Simsion’s The Rosie ProjectMost people have never met anyone autistic. Their perception of autism is usually from Dustin Hoffman’s Rain Man (1988),Jun 7, 2019Jun 7, 2019
Matt RFacebook’s Shareholder Meeting: Begging for RegulationFacebook held its annual meeting today in trendy Menlo Park-based Hotel Nia. Shareholders were treated to Clover yogurt, pastries (mostly…May 31, 2019May 31, 2019
Matt RPico Iyer on Japan, His HomeOxford-born travel writer and Nara, Japan transplant Pico Iyer was at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, California recently.May 22, 2019May 22, 2019
Matt RRich Karlgaard and Late BloomersRich Karlgaard is a good man. He’s the kind of person who gently asks his emcee the time to communicate his book event should have started…Apr 24, 2019Apr 24, 2019