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Moral Philosophy

Toward a Framework for Ethical Data Use

As Head of Data Ethics for Acxiom, Jordan Abbott has made a case for industry self-regulation of the of data use comprising data privacy as well as enterprise governance, protection and ethical sourcing of data. The need for this is clear since companies face regulatory pressure all over the world at the same time they […]

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EV Madness

Here’s my response to Volvo telling me they are going all in on EVs: Andrew Talbot 11/07/2018 08:20 AM RE: “We’re taking a stand to make your life better” I am disgusted with attempts by auto makers to foist electric cars despite there being no coherent value proposition for the user or the environment. The […]

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Market Basics

“The bulls and bears go to market where the pigs and sheep are slaughtered.”         –Anonymous Investors want to get two things: yield, or rent for the money they supply; and growth, or increasing share price for what they own.  In return for these they give up liquidity, for which they expect compensation depending […]

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Thrift and Asset Accumulation OR building enough financial security so you can fire your last boss at will and only do what you really want to do

  The surest and most risk free way to generate a significant return is to avoid paying interest to banks and to aggressively prepay loans.  Banks charge you crazy interest and fees to borrow and pay you nothing when you lend to them, which is what your deposits are: a loan the bank can prevent […]

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Measures That Matter

The best way for most people in America to increase their revenue is to get paid more by their employers. There are several aspects to this that have already been discussed. An important additional concept is bench-marking. Bench-marking compensation means you have a simple way to calculate how far you have come and how far […]