Dec 13, 2019 from Remains of the Day Narrative debt HBO’s Watchmen is fantastic, as many have noted. It may be one of the most polished first drafts of fan fiction to ever appear on the silver, errr, OLED screen. DC may lag behind the Marvel Univers...
Nov 14, 2019 from Remains of the Day Smoke and Mirrors “When a judge walks into the room, and everybody stands up, you’re not standing up to that guy, you’re standing up to the robe that he’s wearing and the role that he’s going to play. What makes him...
Nov 13, 2019 from Remains of the Day Status Update, and How Everyone IPO'd in the 21st Century Sorry for the long hiatus. I've been doing some formal advisory work and a bit of angel investing these past months, and so more of my writing has been private.More than that, though, the Internet,...
Feb 26, 2019 from Remains of the Day Status as a Service (StaaS) Editor's Note 1: I have no editor. Editor’s Note 2: I would like to assure new subscribers to this blog that most my posts are not as long as this one. Or as long as my previous one. My long break ...
May 22, 2018 from Remains of the Day Invisible asymptotes "It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if ...
May 15, 2018 from Remains of the Day What I learned from a Taipei alley I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy schedule, it wasn't like my usual travels abroad for fun, it felt more like a work trip. Still, even if I...
Apr 15, 2018 from Remains of the Day The inefficiency of large, infrequent transactions In a conversation with Matt Levine, Tyler Cowen asks:COWEN: Like you, I’m mostly an efficient markets guy, but when I look at initial public offerings I’m very baffled because investment banks take...
Mar 20, 2018 from Remains of the Day Catch up It has been some time since I posted here. Outside of lots of meetings around the country and some trips with family and friends, a few creative projects have stolen the lion's share of my free tim...
Jan 21, 2018 from Remains of the Day Revisionist commentary I don't know that I'm aware of enough entries in this category to even consider it one, but I'm a sucker for the union of political and film satire as embodied in alternate film commentaries.I was ...
Jan 16, 2018 from Remains of the Day Why Information Grows It is hard for us humans to separate information from meaning because we cannot help interpreting messages. We infuse messages with meaning automatically, fooling ourselves to believe that the mean...
