Bubble, what bubble?

Robin Hanson What is the next phase for humanity? Robin Hanson set out to answer this question in a thought-provoking and lively talk to London Futurists on March 19th. He argues that humanity has been through several distinct economic growth phases each of which has been "exponential" in character. The…

Last month I wrote about Google's acquisition spree and was somewhat critical of the depth of the analysis. I promised a follow up on what I thought was possibly really going, so here it is - better late than never.  When ever Google acquisitions get…

It's Sergey Brin's turn to write the annual Google Founders Letter, a traditional part of Google's annual report. If you have some spare time it makes a great read, reflecting on the past decade and looking forward to some of the developments which Google believes…