Last week, the publication of an open letter in Harper’s Magazine caused a bit of a stir. In it, the authors contended that, while there has been a necessary reckoning on racial and social justice, it has arrived in concert with the intensification of moral attitudes and ideological conformity. The letter’s signatories, which include writers … Continue reading The Golden Age of Speech
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A Framework for Managing Key-Person Risk
In the days leading up to Adam Neumann’s ouster as CEO of WeWork in September, theories around WeWork’s corporate governance were in full swing. Neumann’s move to cash out $700 million of his holdings compounded a series of absurd decisions, including a reorganization earlier in the year where the company paid its own CEO $5.9 … Continue reading A Framework for Managing Key-Person Risk
The OTA, Anti-Intellectualism, and Congressional Lobbying
In the 2018 Congressional hearings of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) illustrated a lack of expertise around digital business models when he asked how Facebook could sustain a business in which users don’t pay for their service. After being told that the social media platform is essentially supported by ads, Hatch was … Continue reading The OTA, Anti-Intellectualism, and Congressional Lobbying
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