Month: September 2017
How a Silicon Valley Investor Does Leadership
Lately I have been describing my personal political views as “left of Bernie, but with a preference for plans that can work.” In other words, I would love universal healthcare and free college. I just don’t know how to get there in any practical way. I don’t think anyone else does…
Read MoreYour Monday Morning Laugh (Mine Too)
In case you missed it, you might enjoy a good laugh with me on this Periscope. Topics: 1. President Trump’s tweet about “Rocket Man” 2. President Trump’s golf ball tweet 3. My list of magical thinking arguments on Twitter 4. I add a few words to the list of insults that should…
Read MoreI Explain the Persuasion President Trump is using on The Wall and DACA
This is my first post using the WordPress platform. Consider this practice. You might enjoy my Periscope playback from this morning in which I describe the several persuasion techniques President Trump is using on the topic of The Wall and DACA. Here’s the quick summary. Visual Persuasion: President Trump describes border security (a…
Read MoreWhen to Trust the Experts (Climate and Otherwise)
Our duo of hurricanes, Harvey and Irma, have elevated the perceived risks of climate change in a lot of people’s minds. Are these disasters, and the record heat in many places, a sign of climate warming already out of control? The quick answer is maybe, but climate scientists will need a lot more…
Read MoreWin Bigly – Available for pre-order
My new book, Win Bigly, is available for pre-order wherever you buy books: Amazon B&N Books A Million 8CR iBooks Google Books Win Bigly is a tutorial on weapons-grade persuasion, using as a backdrop the personal story of how I used my knowledge of persuasion to predict a number of unlikely…
Read MoreAre the Hurricanes and Temperature Records Confirmation of Catastrophic Climate Change?
It wasn’t that long ago that climate scientists and their supporters mocked the critics who looked out their window, saw snow in the winter, and declared “global warming” to be a ridiculous hoax. The climate scientists were right about that. You can’t predict the future by looking at today’s weather,…
Read MoreWhy North Korea and the United States are Near War
You might have heard that North Korea and the United States are not getting along. We mock their lack of electricity, they threaten to annihilate us with thermonuclear weapons, that sort of thing. But why are we enemies? I’ll sort it all out for you here. Obviously the largest source…
Read MoreHomes Above, Tunnels Below
I blogged some time ago about a perfect city design in which the homes were above ground and all the transportation (people and goods) was below. In another blog posts (that I can’t locate now) I predicted that the big sleeper technology that will change everything is tunneling technology. Elon Musk is…
Read MoreWhat Do Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Jordan Peterson, and I Have in Common?
It turns out we have highly compatible strategies. This video brilliantly compares our approaches. You can see more about my success strategies in my book.
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