Skip to content

Greatest Hits

Members Public

The Nonlinear Economy

Most of us are playing a game that no longer exists.

The Nonlinear Economy
Members Public

Working The Nvidia Way

A new book sheds light on how to poach, manage, and retain talent.

Working The Nvidia Way
Members Public

Keynote: Dror @ MIT

How the laws of show business are reshaping our cities, companies, and careers.

Keynote: Dror @ MIT
Members Public

Who Needs An Office Anyway?

I wanted to share with you a video of a talk and Q&A session I gave in San Diego a few weeks ago. It summarizes my thoughts about the future of work, but also some broader ideas about the nature of our economy and where everything is headed.

Who Needs An Office Anyway?
Members Public

Real Estate & AI: Ten Predictions

How will AI affect the value, design, and operation of physical buildings and cities?

Real Estate & AI: Ten Predictions
Members Public

Inequality and Abundance

We cannot eliminate inequality, but we can make it irrelevant.

Inequality and Abundance
Members Public

NVIDIA: The Distributed Rocketship

The world's most innovative hardware is developed "from home."

NVIDIA: The Distributed Rocketship
Members Public

Remote Is Not Enough

The next productivity boom will not come from robots doing more; it will come from humans doing less.

Remote Is Not Enough
Members Public

Tragedy of the Uncommon

Lessons from AI and urban planning on why it pays to keep things open — and how exclusivity destroys value.

Tragedy of the Uncommon
Members Public

The Quiet Luxury of Language

When everyone can sound intelligent, elite conversations will become less intelligible.

The Quiet Luxury of Language
Members Public

Your Boss Has No Clue

Don't sacrifice your dog. Give your boss a hug.

Your Boss Has No Clue
Members Public

Thinking Fast and Slopes

In a networked economy, overestimating low-probability events is not irrational — it's optimal.

Thinking Fast and Slopes
Members Public

It’s Time for a National Success Fund

There’s a better way to spread the fruits of innovation.

It’s Time for a National Success Fund
Members Public

The Scalable Imagination

📚I am writing a new book about the future of work, cities, and companies. Click here to read the first few pages. The Scalable Imagination0:00/233.8220831× We tend to underestimate technology's power to turn in-person work into scalable work. On the verge of the 20th Century,

The Scalable Imagination
Members Public

The Meme Leak Theory

China is banning memes. America is developing immunity.

The Meme Leak Theory
Members Public

Perpetual Gamma Squeeze

A "crowd with a bank account" is turning the economy — and society — on its head.

Perpetual Gamma Squeeze
Members Public

Andreessen Pulls a Bezos

Cheap money and power-law profits are killing venture funds and birthing venture firms.

Andreessen Pulls a Bezos
Members Public

Betting the Firm

The company of the future will look like a venture fund, and talent will become a truly investable asset.

Betting the Firm
Members Public

No Floor, No Ceiling

The internet gives more people an opportunity to win. But it forces everyone to play the game.

No Floor, No Ceiling
Members Public

The TINA Economy

Young people are tired of paying for the illusion of safety. Is there no alternative?

The TINA Economy