7
Jun
2015
Some thoughts on unethical investing
I have a school friend who has recently come into some money. Not a “never have to work again” sum of money. More a “that would be a deposit on a house in London” type of amount. And she was asking people for some advice. Someone suggested she invest in in Unilever and Shell –... Read More
29
Mar
2015
Who will social media creatively destroy?
I have been wondering for some time now, if social media is so disruptive, who is it going to put out of business? That is, with other technology, there is always a loser. Amazon has put many high street book sellers out of business, and is not threatening to shake up the publishing business. Apple,... Read More
22
Mar
2015
Logic and the First World War
“From this proposition it will follow, when arithmetical addition has been defined, that 1+1=2.” —Principia Mathematica Volume I, 1st edition, page 379 Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead spent the best part of a decade writing Principia Mathematicia, an attempt to describe a set of axioms from which all mathematical truths could be proven. This... Read More
15
Mar
2015
How to bet on casino capitalism
Apparently it was a Chinese Communist Party official who quipped: “The stockmarket is like champagne, if it didn’t have bubbles, people wouldn’t pay so much to drink it.” Some of my more idealistic friends like to rail against the iniquities of capitalism and markets. Instead, I try hard to accept the markets can be irrational, and then see if... Read More