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Re:How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apoc... by ALittleLight on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @11:51AM (#17602140)
Maybe I'm just in a skeptical mood this morning, but I have a hard time believing that a cabal of really rich CEO types are going to turn to a single person to field technology questions ranging from crypto currency preferences to how you manage your guards in a dystopian future.

The intro to the article has the author reviewing a wide and diverse number of topics with these business guys for an hour. It made me curious what his qualifications were. His website mentioned that he's a "Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at CUNY/Queens". Again, not the first person I'd turn to if I wanted to talk technology.

I just have a hard time believing the story in the beginning. The author thought he'd be giving a presentation to an audience. Instead, he's in an hour long counseling session with some executives. Why would they do it that way? Why wouldn't you tell the expert what you're doing in advance and the topics you're interested in so he'd have time to prepare? Why not talk to individual domain experts in subjects you're curious about?

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Re:How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apoc... by dmode on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:44PM (#17602738)
Yeah, that's the first thing I thought. Note that their questions were also not limited to technology, but veered into philosophical questions like "how do I maintain authority". If the author is an expert in that many fields, probably deserves his speaking fees.
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Re:How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apoc... by caymanjim on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:49PM (#17602777)
They work for hedge funds. They are used to aggregating information from a number of sources to, literally, hedge their bets. You can be sure that he was one of many experts they consulted.
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Re:How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apoc... by kgin on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @05:02PM (#17604901)
This story is a great conversation starter that will spark a lot of great discussion. But it's so perfect, I have a hard time believing it actually happened the way it's told.
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