Chip Futures
Enron tried to financialise memory. Why didn’t they succeed?
On Talent
“It is generally ill-advised to say 'never' and I'm pleased for you that your grafting has got you to where you wanted to be.”
The Megazord; or, the Tony Blair Institute
“I will never tell Neymar what to do in a certain close space, because he will find a solution I never dreamed of.”
On Capturing The Value You Create
Boris Johnson once said that his policy on cake was pro having it and pro eating it; some businesses get to do this.
On Planning
Had he thought out his ideas beforehand, he could not have been so natural in his behaviour.
Bundling and Unbundling Insurance
A (the?) main move in insurance goes like this:
Doin’ This
Luke Combs, Omar Baba, and the quest for authenticity.
Historiography and Reality Distortion
You need a non-zero probability that you can rearrange the world around your will.
How We Made All The Money
AdMob refreshes, and how we built our software company.
Insurance Broking - the War for Talent
“Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.”
Why Everything is Like the Bar Scene in Good Will Hunting
Vercingetorix, Orientalism, and the quest for originality.
Property Rights and Pogroms
Medieval legal reforms, and the coniuratio of William Malebisse
Knowing Things Other People Don’t
CS Lewis, Richard Feynman, Palmer Luckey, Alex Danco.
The Founder from Merna
State Farm, and the greatest founder you’ve never heard of.
Silent Disco Economics
What I talk about when I talk about mobile ads.
Why Founders Should be Less Ambitious
Marginal utility and downside risk.
One Up
The business behind gaming is both a critical component in facilitating and limiting creative processes, and a source of immense strategic advantage.
Black Edge
Are hedge funds evil?
North London Forever
Louis Dunford, Erwin Panofsky, Ferdinand Tönnies and Derek Parfit.
Levin’s Epiphany
‘Can this really be faith?’ he wondered, afraid to believe in his happiness. ‘My God, I thank thee!’