TheGreySwan
The Grey Swan Insights on value, systems, bottlenecks and the forces that shape outcomes.
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Creator Does Not Own the Outcome
So, I had picked three teams to follow during the 2026 World Cup. I had also parked a few essay ideas for the day one of them lifted the trophy. By the time the final kicked off, only two possibilities remained. ~~Ninety~~ 120 minutes later...
Some Failures Are a Beginning
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers” is widely attributed to IBM founder Thomas Watson Sr. in 1943.
However, according to historians, there is no evidence he ever said this. It is widely considered a myth or misint...
The Crop That Became Fuel
So, I finally cut the AI vertical off theGreySwan, to make this space more deeper and thought-provoking place. But, please do read The Age of the Centaur, and let pull something from that post, to start this post:
I love ~~business~~ his...
A Small Unbundling
Welcome to the attentive and gentle readers of theGreySwan.
There is an old Jim Barksdale line I keep coming back to. Barksdale, then CEO of Netscape, is said to have told investors during the company’s pre-IPO roadshow in London in 1995:...
Why is this worth knowing?
This post will not answer the question fully.
I must admit that at the start.
The last essay, Girl Number Twenty, was about schooling, facts, and judgment. But the better part of the essay happened after the essay. pushed the argument to...
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