I have seen the future of healthcare…and it’s going to cost you. The pandemic chased hundreds of doctors into early retirement. Fed up with the stress of an overworked practice, they sold out to conglomerates and ran for the exits. Meanwhile, medical expenses are soaring, boomers are aging and there’s a shortage of healthcare workers. …
Albert Einstein once said, “Only two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity.” Sadly, both are expanding very quickly. Dr. Carlo Cipolla is a professor of economics at U.C. Berkeley. He notes that crazy folks seem to be gaining traction, while stupidity is completely optional and preventable. He calls them “abundant, irrational, and fiercely …
Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb before there were lamps. Alexander Graham Bell created the telephone, but had nobody to call. And it seemed absurd when Bill Gates predicted there’d be a PC in every home. Thankfully, Al Gore came along to invent the internet. At the time people questioned, ‘why do we need that?’ Some …
It was hard to wrap my head around. I was staring at an enormous field, packed with bomber planes, fighter jets and missiles. Every kind of aircraft imaginable, lined up with cornrow precision, as far as the eye can see. My first thought was, we’re preparing for war. Turns out it’s just the final resting …
In the beginning, Amazon sold books online – and totally bulldozed the landscape. But Jeff Bezos imagined something much bigger, an ecommerce goldmine. Meanwhile, Amazon lost billions over the first four years. Some wrote Bezos off as a failure. But he trusted his vision. Today, Amazon is worth $1.7 trillion…and Jeff has done pretty …
Did you watch the recent Mars landing? If you missed it, I’ve posted the link below. NASA & JPL launched the ‘Perseverance’ rover last summer. A 600 million mile journey to the Red Planet to search for ancient life. There’s very little atmosphere on Mars and many missions have vaporized upon arrival. So, a safe …
I witnessed perfection. I got a last-minute invitation to watch a NASA rocket launch. So, my wife and I drove to Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Los Angeles. We joined a small group of NASA and SpaceX guests, standing on a bluff, about 6 miles from the launch pad. The Falcon 9 spacecraft was …
You shuffle into the meeting room and are already dreading it. Here comes another tedious PowerPoint presentation. Objective, Strategy, Bar Chart, Pie Chart, Diagram, Graph…your eyelids are getting heavy. When it comes to presentations, I follow Guy Kawasaki’s “10/20/30 Rule”. As Apple’s Chief Evangelist, he limited PowerPoint decks to 10 slides, in 20 minutes, using …
Put them in hot water to find out how strong they are. We’re all feeling the heat, anxious about what’s next. I’m no economist, but this seems like a sea change. A pivotal moment in our lives. If you believe in science, Covid19 will be a threat for years. So, don’t wait for the phone …
When I was in school, if you didn’t believe in science, you got an F. We learned that science is fact-based. It doesn’t care about your opinion, religion or politics. The only thing that can refute science is…better science. Perhaps this coronavirus nightmare will be the tipping point that elevates our respect for science. This …
