Saturday, July 31, 2021
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Wednesday, September 02, 2020
Elon Musk's Neuralink Is No Scam, Just A Startup With A Long Horizon
@ShellyFan says @elonmusk led "Neuralink has a long way to go" https://t.co/tg2MkdcTJh
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) September 2, 2020
Trying to collect digital information from a drop of blood should be much less challenging than playing piano with the brain, and Elizabeth Holmes had 10 years before she was hounded out as maybe a thief and a scammer, but Musk's Neuralink has already run for five years, and I don't think the promised delivery will be made in another five. Both have had Steve Jobs comparisons. I think Musk is validly compared to Jobs.
2020, the year of the Coronavirus, is the Netscape year for biotech.
The elephant in the room is gender. Musk seems to have a longer runway because he is a man. And I do think Musk is quite off on the idea of human habitation of Mars. The rocket part is fairly easy, though plenty challenging. The hard part is the human body is designed for the earth's surface. Lack of gravity is disorienting and debilitating for many organs. Mars is more hostile than the deep ocean, and we have not colonized the deep ocean. I'd rather fund the Green New Deal than attempt Mars. It is fairly basic biology. If you can't get the eyes, you should not attempt the brain. Eyes start bulging out during prolonged loss of gravity leading to permanent sight damage.
I am strong on Tesla. I have consistently been. I am also strong on robotic mining of asteroids.
Elon Musk's Neuralink Is No Scam, Just A Startup With A Long Horizon https://t.co/81WzlGgW0S @ShellyFan @elonmusk @tesla @eholmes2003 @theranos @neuralink @SpaceX @singularityhub
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) September 2, 2020
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Top Tech CEOs Go To Washington
I believe the anti-trust angst is valid. The big tech companies do seem to be stifling competition with their sheer size. The Google argument that their competition is just one click away belies the fact that search is a hugely capital intensive effort. It is more expensive to build a search engine than it is to build a Boeing jet plane. That huge cost is a moat around the Google castle. The same is true for the other big tech companies.
The leaders of the four Big Tech companies faced US lawmakers for the first time together on Wednesday in a hearing in which they were accused of harming not only competitors, but also consumers. Here's how it went: https://t.co/pdmassrDlk
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 29, 2020
Top Tech CEOs Go To Washington https://t.co/WIhFB0AcYc @Apple @Google @Facebook @amazon @JeffBezos @sundarpichai @AndrewYang @scottsantens #UniversalBasicIncome #UBI
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 29, 2020
Saturday, June 06, 2020
$1200 Electric Car
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Glad We Are On The Same Page, Peter Diamandis
The Next Wave In Innovation: Reimagining Entire Industries (my article) Published on February 1, 2019
Mobile First, Web Second (Fred Wilson's most popular blog post in 2009)
Paul Graham, Brad Feld, Me, BBC
The Day I Got Called Sean Parker
Glad We Are On The Same Page, Peter Diamandis @PeterDiamandis https://t.co/azKp3Hr7ZT @elonmusk @jack @fredwilson @albertwenger @wadhwa @vkhosla @bfeld @msuster @cdixon @paulg
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 25, 2020
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
AVC 3.0 (Newsworthy)
Discuss on Twitter seems to be the biggest change with 3.0.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 14, 2020
AVC 3.0
Taking AVC comments to the public waters of Twitter is a dangerous proposition. ;) Now each comment will see the "sun" of its own circle. That might/might not bring civility. ;) Hope many more come into the stream. Each comment now also stands alone.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 14, 2020
You sure copy the great man's hairstyle.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 14, 2020
Netizen Has Arrived: A Link From AVC
Netizen: AVC 3.0 (Newsworthy) https://t.co/CMxag4GIZ7 @avc @fredwilson @thegothamgal
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 14, 2020
sunlight is good.
— avc (@avc) January 14, 2020
Train passing through Maeklong Railway Market in Bangkok pic.twitter.com/5TZooAzDwC
— Farbod Saraf (@farbodsaraf) January 13, 2020
Mass Transit In LA https://t.co/SRKwCXQuwL @fredwilson Someone of your stature could make a cameo appearance at @tesla @SpaceX even @TheBoringComp
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 14, 2020
Saturday, January 04, 2020
Oil Will Get Priced Out
To remain competitive with EVs, the investment firm calculates that the break-even point for gasoline is no more than $10 dollars a barrel, and for diesel, $17 to $19 a barrel.
The environmental advantages of electrifying transportation are significant and undeniable. EVs are also a pleasure to drive — they're quiet, clean, fast, inexpensive to operate and perform well in all weather conditions.
Oil Will Get Priced Out https://t.co/MHCqbGX2Tb #cleanenergy #dirtyfuel #carbon #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChangeIsReal #ClimateEmegency #ClimateAction #ClimateActionNow #climate #ElonMusk #ElectricVehicles #EV #tesla #teslacybertruck #TeslaModel3
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 4, 2020
Thursday, January 02, 2020
Instagram: Dad, Daughter
Is that real? What is more real than love? How often have you wished that someone who wasn’t there with you could understand how much you love them? Instagram allows us to make that happen, to send a message of love through the cosmos with full knowledge that its target will receive it. Let’s not lose sight of the fact that a large part of any relationship takes place in your heart or your mind anyway. It is not simply two people in proximity, it’s what those two people choose to make of their entanglement. Sending someone a message of love doesn’t distort your reality—it augments it.
@duffmcdonald Instagram: Dad, Daughter https://t.co/e4ncViDXVT
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 3, 2020
Cristiano Ronaldo was the highest earner on Instagram in 2019, making over $45M from sponsored posts per Buzz Bingo.
— Tanay Jaipuria (@tanayj) January 6, 2020
That's more than he makes from playing football – his pay at Juventus is around $33M 🤯
The VC Blind Spot
VCs are leaving a lot of money on the table by only investing in people who look like them — mostly white men. Morgan Stanley estimates that VCs could be missing out on as much as $4 trillion in value by not investing in more diverse founders.
The VC Blind Spot https://t.co/FOik59OXR9 @alexavontobel #marymeeker @PennyPritzker #VentureCapital #womenfounders #techentrepreneurship #techentrepreneur #gender #funding #fundraising
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 3, 2020