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Software generates requirements that pulls hardware into the future

April 22, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Software is very different. It’s not, “I’m going to do a new mode of production that’s going to do more with less.” It’s, “I’m going […]

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Bill Janeway has an interesting story on technological revolutions

November 26, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

At the frontier, advanced progress is made by trial-and-error and error and error and error. Efficiency in the allocation of resources means doing this calculus of net-present value, expected future cash flows, cost versus benefits. But, at the frontier, you can’t define the benefits.

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