Forensics on Amazon 2nd quarter earnings. From great to good to bad. For the first time since Q4 of 2013, net unearned revenue was negative
Amazon 2017 2nd quarter earnings
Amazon. High Convenience and Creeping Tyranny
The Amazon trick is that as long as consumers are getting one-click ordering and same-day delivery, they can creep its tyranny.
When the Amazon tyranny turns inwards
Tyrannies always turn inwards. Amazon is invading America from the inside, hollowing out our institutions and extracting taxpayer wealth
Amazon cheap prices and real problems
The ghosts of Amazon’s earnings, past, present and future. Also starring Amazon Web Services. Do monopsonies become monopolies?
No BS Review. Wonder Woman
There is something about popcorn, soda and Mom. We used to love going to the movies together. There were months that we saw every major release. James Bond, Mel Brooks,…
AI, a robot tax & Universal Basic Income. The explainer
Ah, the companies that care about me, and indeed, humanity, and indeeder, improving shareholder return. What a better world it would be, if they had it their way, which they likely will, and massively firing its frothy workforce, moving those lives to the public pocketbook. But, I am not a cynical type of skeptic.
Is Universal Basic Income a ‘good’ thing? Who will pay for it? Well…
A no BS review of Amazon bookstore
I went to the Amazon Bookstore today. this is my review. I am wary of any store that has a greeter, this isn’t my first rodeo…
TikTok poster people and show dog genderism
TikTok poster people are odd things.
They adopt show dog genderism and sexual intrigues and a Byronic conception of it as a badge of superior sensibility,
Losing weight, the startup of my sister and you
You can do it, it can be done. Losing weight will inspire others. And so on, and so on…
Nothing is new. A great letter from Jefferson
Jefferson wrote “…Perhaps an editor might begin a reformation in some such way as this. Divide his paper into 4 chapters, heading the 1st, Truths. 2d, Probabilities. 3d, Possibilities. 4th, Lies. The first chapter would be very short, as it would contain little more than authentic papers, and information from such sources as the editor would be willing to risk his own reputation for their truth.
If a pollster called me, I would tell them the minimum wage should be $15. The reverse prank call
The Minimum Wage in Seattle spikes to $15 an hour, proving, once again, politicans only hurt the ones they love…
Is France still free?
Is Freedom from Regulations a human right?
The Amazon trap and rhetorical props
Reverse engineering the Amazon statement on its acquisition of Whole Foods. A rhetorical prop meant to dampen, if not eliminate, societal and political resistance to automation.
Robots and humans in the stamping mill
🧑🦱 What if the problem with humans is that they feel joy, they play the violin, they do things that are superfluous?
🤖 What if robots start breaking things?
When automation enters, human capital leaves
Automation is a great thing if you’re a lonely robot. For humans it’s a robotic Thunderdome and they’ve got all the weapons
Uber Interment
I began the post mortem on Uber months ago, before it had given up its ghosts. There is a long line of crooks, liars and fellow schemers who will feign shock that there was gambling in Casablanca…
VC firms and Pension funds will unburden their moral and financial loads by respectively socializing it, and hot-potato’ing to the taxpayer.
Artificial Intelligence. What if my car is trying to kill me?
What if my car is trying to kill me? What if the artificial intelligence police are in on it? What if its framing me, its the perfect murder!
Salesman, sell, something.
When I say “salesman” I am talking about me and you, we are always selling a little bit of ourselves. Here’s how to sell you for more…
Euthanasia. Dying on a slippery slope
🤕 Is euthanasia a HUMAN RIGHT?
How Orwell Foresaw the Disintegration of Our Language
In “Politics and the English Language,” Orwell attributed the decline of language to the hyper-politicized environment taking shape…