The wealthy can be a smug bunch. They are pleased with the comfort and status that their wealth brings them. And, importantly, most would assert that they deserve their good fortune, assessing themselves as more talented and/or diligent than those who have less than...
Humans are masters at building paradigms of our world – basically, models that enable us to understand and navigate various aspects of our reality. Thus, for example, we have paradigms of how our workplace, family, political system, and, for those with an interest in...
[Gary Lauder is the Founder and Managing Director of Lauder Partners LLC, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. Over the past nearly four decades, Lauder, who has been a tireless advocate for “smart” patent reform, has invested over $500 million in venture...
So, you’re in a new app on your phone, say a dating site or a sign-up for some software, and this long legal agreement pops up with an “I agree” or “I accept” button at the bottom. The agreement might be labelled “Terms and Conditions,” “User Agreement,” or “Privacy...
The issue of reparations for Black Americans reemerges from time to time, but it has invariably garnered less traction than it deserves. Indeed, it is a controversial and complicated matter, and there are many daunting aspects to it. What should reparations be for? ...
Few topics are as treacherous to tread in American political discourse than Marxist/Communist thought. (In this post I will use the terms “Marxist” and “Communist” interchangeably, as Marx was the primary author of The Communist Manifesto.) Indeed, one might say...
