What Is the Future of Car Maintenance?
Written: October 14, 2021 In August, I wrote about my experience in finishing a second three-year lease and starting a third lease on the Tesla Model S. As discussed, Tesla is determined to automate the entire sales and delivery process for their cars. What about car maintenance after the delivery process? To discuss maintenance of […]
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Vaccine The CDC lists 26 vaccines which are routinely administered to children and adults. I have had most of them over the years. If you want to see the list, look here. According to HealthDay, vaccines have saved 37 million lives, mostly children, over the past two decades. Unfortunately, one vaccine has been politicized. Nevertheless, […]
Will We Ever Stop Zooming?
Written: February 12, 1997 Edited: October 7, 2021 During the period of 1995-2001, it was my honor to give more than 50 keynote speeches about “The Future of the Internet” at conferences in countries around the world. The communications people at IBM gave me a plaque with a big brass key on it. The beautiful […]
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Vaccine Friday was my Flu shot day. I waited 30 days after the Moderna booster to reduce possibility of side effects. Doctors are split on whether to get them at same time or not. The biggest vaccination campaign in history is underway. More than 6.42 billion doses have been administered across 184 countries, according to data collected by Bloomberg. […]
How Big is the Big Pharma Lobby?
Written: October 12, 2017 Edited: September 30, 2021 At a political rally in Kentucky in 2017, President Donald Trump said drug prices were “outrageous”. The next day, according to Kaiser Health News, the pharmaceutical industry donated more money to political campaigns than any other day of the year. Eight pharma political action committees made 137 contributions […]
