I worked at Affirm for 3½ years, before "Buy Now Pay Later" (BNPL) was coined as the instantly-approved, low-duration loan popular with online retailers today. Some would argue that the entire business model was only possible because of our previously low-interest rate environment and that rising interest rates have exposed the fragility of...
One way to think about AI, at least in the short term, is that it's a mechanism for automation and adding efficiency, particularly in areas that have so far resisted automation due to domain complexity. Our current Generative AI boom was kicked off with the release of DALL·E, but was supercharged when...
A couple of weeks ago, Apple announced—to much fanfare and anticipation and rumor—the Apple Vision Pro, a high-end AR/VR headset that also introduces a new computing platform for the company. Even those...
I grabbed Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It after listening to an interview with the author on an episode of the Prof G. podcast. Scott Galloway—Prof G—has a knack for engaging an audience of young men and providing thoughtful commentary....
There are a lot of reasonably good sci-fi shows available for streaming nowadays. Two factors contribute to the abundance: a rich vein of science fiction stories can be tapped for source material, and special effects have gotten cheap and easy enough that these futuristic worlds can be realized on-screen with live action. In recent years,...
A couple of months back, we turned on the Oscar awards, I think for the first time in well over a decade, mostly to see how Everything Everywhere All at Once would fare that evening....
