bennalle

There’s free speech and the question of free will, but lately I’ve been wondering how free our thoughts are. And I’m pretty sure they’re not free to roam wherever they may like, but constrained by unseen guardrails and self-censoring mechanisms that arrest the development of interesting ideas before they can be fully articulated.

Could these satellites have any implications for Facebook's drone and Google's Loon internet connectivity projects?

I think a software-centric approach is probably the smartest way to approach driverless cars and ultimately probably the most lucrative. It's pretty clear now that most people will shift from owning cars to simply paying for access to cars (a driverless Uber), so the market of selling cars will probably be pretty small.

I would imagine Apple would be more interested in a bigger market with higher profit margins. Software that enables the future of driverless cars seems more likely to be that place. That said I wouldn't be surprised if Apple still made a high end driverless car, because it would fit with Apple being a luxury brand and the market will probably still exist in ten years.

In the grand scheme of things this is probably where the biggest opportunity is, but I don't think Apple is in the best position to take advantage of this. Tesla and Uber are probably in the best positions. Tesla because they have their software already in the field learning (autopilot), and Uber because they already have the network for transport as a service.

For a while I adhered to the x company has so much cash it doesn't matter if another company out innovates them they can just buy their way into the market. But now I don't think it is true anymore. If it was true in the late 90's early 00's when Microsoft was cash rich and their major breakthrough had reached it's peak (similar position to Apple today) they would have been able to buy themselves into the next big thing: mobile. But Microsoft couldn't, in reality they got completely marginalized.

Check out Paul Krugman's latest input on these numbers. In his recent tweet he points out that a lot of this growth is from technology companies transferring their IP assets or patents to Ireland. Which shouldn't be added to GDP.

As a student I feel my interests are outside the traditional lines of what is taught in the classroom so was wondering what you thought the best way to bring entrepreneurship to schools was, particularly middle and high schools?