From a high vantage over a pearl-gray bay, the scene feels both ordinary and momentous. A colossal blue container ship slides past like a moving wall, the white block letters “COSCO SHIPPING” spanning the hull so broadly they read as a state banner. Tier upon tier of multicolored boxes climb toward the wheelhouse, a man-made cliff face that dwarfs the tugs and pier furniture … [Read more...] about China: When Invasive Species Come With the Cargo
OpenAI’s Bid to Challenge LinkedIn
OpenAI’s announcement that it is building a jobs platform to compete directly with LinkedIn is one of the most strategically disruptive moves the company has made since launching ChatGPT. On the surface, this might look like a bold extension into a crowded space, but in reality, it reveals a calculated bet on where the future of work and hiring is headed: AI-driven matchmaking, … [Read more...] about OpenAI’s Bid to Challenge LinkedIn
Tesla’s Trillion-Dollar Absurdity
Tesla’s board floating the idea of a compensation plan for Elon Musk worth up to $1 trillion is not bold innovation; it is corporate governance theater bordering on reckless. No matter how it’s dressed up with performance milestones and shareholder-alignment rhetoric, the figure itself is grotesque. A trillion-dollar package is not compensation—it is a grotesque transfer of … [Read more...] about Tesla’s Trillion-Dollar Absurdity
Broadcom’s AI-Fueled Quarter Signals Tailwinds for the Entire Sector
Broadcom’s third quarter results have all the hallmarks of a market-moving report, not only for the company itself but for the broader AI ecosystem. The numbers were striking: $15.95 billion in revenue, up 22 percent year-over-year, and $8.4 billion in non-GAAP net income, with AI semiconductor revenue alone surging 63 percent to $5.2 billion. The forecast that AI chip sales … [Read more...] about Broadcom’s AI-Fueled Quarter Signals Tailwinds for the Entire Sector
Why the United States Still Has No High-Speed Trains
The United States lacks high-speed trains for a mix of political, economic, geographic, and cultural reasons that together make such projects unusually difficult compared to countries like France, Japan, or China. At the core is the country’s historic preference for cars and airplanes, which shaped infrastructure and public expectations over a century. After World War II, … [Read more...] about Why the United States Still Has No High-Speed Trains