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The McKinsey Global Institute, the management consultancy’s research arm and the closest the corporate world comes to having an ivory tower, published a 143-page report in 2011 on big data, touting it as “the next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity.”
Plutocrats
Chrystia Freeland
The flame burned brightly again in 1944 with the publication of The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by polymath John von Neumann and economist Oskar Morgenstern, a work which gave birth to two new fields of study: choice theory and game theory. They took Bernoulli's concept of subjective utility and extended it into a logical, axiomatic framework for rational decision‐making under uncertainty. In a nutshell, they proved that any individual whose preferences satisfy four “axioms of rational choice” would prefer actions that maximize Expected Utility.
The Missing Billionaires
Victor Haghani and James White
The onboarding process for Superhuman requires you filling out a lengthy form which asks questions such as what OS you use and whether you use multiple inboxes for multiple accounts. These are based on the product capabilities, because it doesn’t yet support Windows or a unified inbox. Anyone who needs those features is flagged and told they will be in touch when the product supports their needs. This avoids disappointments because of missing functionality and helps reach product market fit.
Assessing the Suitability of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for Calculation of Emissions From Public Cloud Computing Workloads
davidmytton.blog
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