You know what really gets right up my nose? Scotland. This wee tiny country, with a population the size of a decent Indian traffic jam, has been punching so far above its weight for centuries it’s a miracle we didn’t rupture something. James Watt, Alexander Graham Bell, John Logie Baird, Adam Smith, David Hume –…
Tag: Intelligence
Builders Again
My friends! Let’s speak plainly, the way people speak when they actually mean what they say. We are standing at a threshold. The world is reorganizing around intelligence – human intelligence amplified by machines – and the nations that thrive will be the nations that choose a direction and then build toward it with discipline….
Bullish on America
America is the only country on Earth that can jog a marathon, stop to argue with itself at mile 11, eat a corn dog at mile 17, and still cross the finish line first. That is not mythology. That is the punchline of the last half-century. We have been operating at about 60 percent effort…