It is time for weapon manufacturers to account for the morality of their business.  Guns in and of themselves are neutral technology but what is done with them carries responsibility. It is telling that Smith & Wesson, the builder of semiautomatic weapons used in several massacres avoided speaking with demonstrators outside its corporate offices.  The […]

Posted on March 16th, 2018 by admin
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Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos, is earning the wages of hype.  She is paying a $500,000 fine and is barred from serving as an officer or director of a corporation for 10 years.  All this comes from overstating and lying about the efficacy of her company’s product for blood testing.  She raised $700 […]

Posted on March 15th, 2018 by admin
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At General Electric, you know when you haven’t done well if your bonus is cut.  Imagine doing without it at all.  That is the case this year at the ailing conglomerate.  Only one of the top executives received any merit compensation.  The others are doing without.  This was a shot across the bow of GE’s […]

Posted on March 14th, 2018 by admin
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The governor of California, Jerry Brown, decided that what the high-tech state needed was a high-speed train.  So, he promotes relentlessly a proposed link between Los Angeles and San Francisco that will pass through the Central Valley.  As most boondoggles are, it was under budgeted and far too optimistic in timing.   The project is already a […]

Posted on March 13th, 2018 by admin
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Elon Musk is his own best PR practitioner.  His most recent appearance at SXSW over the weekend allowed him to talk about his vision for settling Mars.  It seems outrageous and utterly impractical, but he said he will have his Mars rocket ready by next year and he will start testing it in short flights.  He […]

Posted on March 12th, 2018 by admin
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The end game for many Uber drivers is poverty.  They don’t earn enough from driving to make a living.  Uber is not alone in this.  Its competitor, Lyft, has the same challenge.  This presents a PR problem for both companies.  If drivers become convinced that ferrying passengers is a mug’s game, they will no longer […]

Posted on March 5th, 2018 by admin
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