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Leadership
Paying for AI’s Data Centers Would Take 250 Million Jobs. America Has 159 Million
In 2020 I co-wrote that AI itself would become a commodity. Six years and $1.5 trillion of data centers later, I convert the build-out's revenue needs into jobs and ask how much of AI's value its makers must keep.
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Quantum Commercialization
Nobody Checked the Physics: How Venture Due Diligence Went Missing Where the Checks Are Largest
On Carta's platform the median startup waits 774 days for a Series A. The hottest deep-tech deals close in days on no product. Between those numbers is where nobody can see the physics checked, and quantum is paying for it.
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Quantum Computing
Data Centers in Space Don’t Work. Quantum AI Data Centers in Space Are an Absurdity.
An investor asked me to evaluate a pitch for quantum AI data centers in orbit. The physics, the engineering, and the economics all say the same thing: no.
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Quantum Computing
Quantum Careers in 2026 (No PhD Required)
An updated map of quantum careers: what each role involves day to day, who hires for it, what employers screen for, and how to judge whether a specialization will still exist in ten years.
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Leadership
The Last Unregulated Forecast: Why We Still Pay the Oracle
Croesus paid Delphi before crossing the Halys. Boards pay for value-at-stake slides before funding quantum programs. The need for a number is ancient and human. The exemption from audit is new, and it costs us.
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Leadership
Science Confirms What Large Corporate Survivors Already Knew – Organizational Bullshit Makes You Worse at Your Job
Regular readers will know that organizational bullshit is a topic I've been fascinated by - and personally scarred by - for years. I wrote about it at length back in 2022, drawing on the foundational academic work by Frankfurt, Spicer, McCarthy, and others, and making the case that we need to systematically free organizations from the stuff. I even built a Quantum Technobabble Generator for…
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Leadership
Why Companies May Need a Chief Quantum Officer (CQO)
In my opinion, forward-thinking organizations should consider creating a Chief Quantum Officer (CQO) role. Much like those historical electricity executives, a CQO would spearhead the adoption of a disruptive technology that is revolutionary, promising - but widely misunderstood. It’s a provocative idea (even “a job title from Star Trek,” as one commentator quipped ), but it’s quickly moving from speculation to reality. A few bold…
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Leadership
Board AI Governance and Oversight
AI is reshaping businesses across industries, and corporate boards are increasingly expected to oversee AI strategy, ethics, and risk management. In fact, the number of S&P 500 companies formally assigning AI oversight to a board committee more than tripled in 2025, and nearly half of Fortune 100 companies now highlight AI expertise in their directors’ qualifications. This surge underlines an urgent need for governance frameworks…
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