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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. Unlike political regimes, technological rulers are comprised of products rather than people. Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. Unlike political regimes, technological rulers are comprised of products rather than people. Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic.

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The New Possibilities

Ben's Blog

A year ago I wrote about a very special entrepreneur, Christian Gheorghe, who escaped Communist Romania, migrated to America, and—after starting here with $27 as a limo driver and construction worker—eventually became a computer scientist and an entrepreneur. How do we want to measure it, understand it, and predict what will happen next?

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