@joelcawley.bsky.social
Retired IBM VP Corporate Strategy. Now writing & consulting on politics, economics and business. Author of The Fifth Paradigm.
MAGAts will accept any absurdity if it brings permission for them to commit atrocities.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
MAGAts will accept any absurdity if it brings permission for them to commit atrocities.
It’s rare for The Hill to have anything useful to say, but this short article is pretty good. It still underestimates the scope of China’s investments and capabilities but at least it’s starting to think more accurately.
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
thehill.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s rare for The Hill to have anything useful to say, but this short article is pretty good. It still underestimates the scope of China’s investments and capabilities but at least it’s starting to think more accurately.
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
Racism and rigid ideological beliefs create enormous obstacles to understanding the modern world. Incessant misinformation from the fossil fuel industry, both political parties and most pundits add to the problem. Our elites are responding by fleeing to their bunkers.
insideevs.com/features/778...
insideevs.com/features/778...
Western Journalists Still Don’t Understand BYD
There's a reason people all across Western Europe are buying cars like the BYD Seal. They're really good, and in certain ways better than local cars.
insideevs.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Racism and rigid ideological beliefs create enormous obstacles to understanding the modern world. Incessant misinformation from the fossil fuel industry, both political parties and most pundits add to the problem. Our elites are responding by fleeing to their bunkers.
insideevs.com/features/778...
insideevs.com/features/778...
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This is an excellent idea!!!
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is an excellent idea!!!
Low marginal cost energy businesses are admittedly contagious. Once they emerge in one community every neighbor longs for the same efficiencies.
However, not sure energy efficiency should be considered a “disease” but with this crowd anything good is considered bad.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
However, not sure energy efficiency should be considered a “disease” but with this crowd anything good is considered bad.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Kennedy directs CDC to study alleged harms of offshore wind farms, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
www.yahoo.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Low marginal cost energy businesses are admittedly contagious. Once they emerge in one community every neighbor longs for the same efficiencies.
However, not sure energy efficiency should be considered a “disease” but with this crowd anything good is considered bad.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
However, not sure energy efficiency should be considered a “disease” but with this crowd anything good is considered bad.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
1) US Buggy whip maker declares their new automobiles to be a failure and abandons the technology.
2) China surges ahead establishing new leadership benchmarks in automotive capabilities and costs.
3) US buggy whips protected by tariffs.
4) Profit! For awhile…
247wallst.com/investing/20...
2) China surges ahead establishing new leadership benchmarks in automotive capabilities and costs.
3) US buggy whips protected by tariffs.
4) Profit! For awhile…
247wallst.com/investing/20...
Ford to End Production of Failed F-150 Lightning
Though Ford posted strong numbers for the third quarter, it also said it would stop producing the F-150 Lightning.
247wallst.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
1) US Buggy whip maker declares their new automobiles to be a failure and abandons the technology.
2) China surges ahead establishing new leadership benchmarks in automotive capabilities and costs.
3) US buggy whips protected by tariffs.
4) Profit! For awhile…
247wallst.com/investing/20...
2) China surges ahead establishing new leadership benchmarks in automotive capabilities and costs.
3) US buggy whips protected by tariffs.
4) Profit! For awhile…
247wallst.com/investing/20...
In the field of business strategy we distinguish between “value creation,” which is the fundamental driver of economic health, and “value capture,” which is driven by structure & power.
This is the latest stage of academy’s shift from creating value to just capturing value.
Deeply destructive.
This is the latest stage of academy’s shift from creating value to just capturing value.
Deeply destructive.
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In the field of business strategy we distinguish between “value creation,” which is the fundamental driver of economic health, and “value capture,” which is driven by structure & power.
This is the latest stage of academy’s shift from creating value to just capturing value.
Deeply destructive.
This is the latest stage of academy’s shift from creating value to just capturing value.
Deeply destructive.
I’ve been a long time heavy user of YouTube. However, I’m not on a premium plan which means I’m subjected to their advertising algorithm. While watching an hour long educational video it began forcing 2 15 sec ads every 15 seconds.
I’ve stopped completely.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
I’ve stopped completely.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
YouTube Just Ate TV. It’s Only Getting Started
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in ...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I’ve been a long time heavy user of YouTube. However, I’m not on a premium plan which means I’m subjected to their advertising algorithm. While watching an hour long educational video it began forcing 2 15 sec ads every 15 seconds.
I’ve stopped completely.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
I’ve stopped completely.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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“I think the federal basic income program could be a nation-building program.”
We've seen study after study showing universal basic income works -- cheaper, more effective than current income programs. Doesn't disincentivize people from working. Reduces crime. Improves health. UBI now.
We've seen study after study showing universal basic income works -- cheaper, more effective than current income programs. Doesn't disincentivize people from working. Reduces crime. Improves health. UBI now.
Ireland is locking down basic income for artists. Could Canada follow suit? | CBC Radio
Ireland has made permanent its three-year pilot program that gave monthly income payments to thousands of artists. Canadian artists are hoping to use that program's success to build momentum for guara...
www.cbc.ca
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
“I think the federal basic income program could be a nation-building program.”
We've seen study after study showing universal basic income works -- cheaper, more effective than current income programs. Doesn't disincentivize people from working. Reduces crime. Improves health. UBI now.
We've seen study after study showing universal basic income works -- cheaper, more effective than current income programs. Doesn't disincentivize people from working. Reduces crime. Improves health. UBI now.
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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This is important.
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This is important.
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Combustion is the past, electricity is the future, pass it on.
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Combustion is the past, electricity is the future, pass it on.
Agree. Has the added benefit that Trump’s pardon power doesn’t include violations of state laws.
Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
October 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Agree. Has the added benefit that Trump’s pardon power doesn’t include violations of state laws.
The reason the US is failing at both EVs and renewables, both of which are defining 21st century technologies, can be found in every sentence in this article. However, it’s none of the reasons being offered in the article. It’s what lies behind those… excuses.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
How the US got left behind in the global electric car race
Despite a recent surge in demand, the US is a laggard in EV sales compared to much of the rest of the world.
www.bbc.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The reason the US is failing at both EVs and renewables, both of which are defining 21st century technologies, can be found in every sentence in this article. However, it’s none of the reasons being offered in the article. It’s what lies behind those… excuses.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Immigrants don’t get government health care—they subsidize ours.
October 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Immigrants don’t get government health care—they subsidize ours.
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A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
October 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
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September 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Better than most western commentary but still struggling to understand basic business economics. In my latest book, I’m framing this as “China embraces the 21st century abundance that western firms fear.” Try watching from that perspective.
youtube.com/watch?v=MCBd...
youtube.com/watch?v=MCBd...
China’s Dark Factories: So Automated, They Don't Need Lights | WSJ
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Better than most western commentary but still struggling to understand basic business economics. In my latest book, I’m framing this as “China embraces the 21st century abundance that western firms fear.” Try watching from that perspective.
youtube.com/watch?v=MCBd...
youtube.com/watch?v=MCBd...
Interesting aspect of the Kimmel firing, one which @allinwithchris.bsky.social & @msnbc.com missed because they didn’t get their facts straight.
Kimmel’s focus was not on Kirk’s killer it was on Trump’s ridiculous “ballroom” response. They obviously won’t fire Trump so they target Kimmel instead.
Kimmel’s focus was not on Kirk’s killer it was on Trump’s ridiculous “ballroom” response. They obviously won’t fire Trump so they target Kimmel instead.
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Interesting aspect of the Kimmel firing, one which @allinwithchris.bsky.social & @msnbc.com missed because they didn’t get their facts straight.
Kimmel’s focus was not on Kirk’s killer it was on Trump’s ridiculous “ballroom” response. They obviously won’t fire Trump so they target Kimmel instead.
Kimmel’s focus was not on Kirk’s killer it was on Trump’s ridiculous “ballroom” response. They obviously won’t fire Trump so they target Kimmel instead.
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wow coates just schooled klein.
dare i say it...
ta-nahisi was...
better than ezra.
dare i say it...
ta-nahisi was...
better than ezra.
September 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
wow coates just schooled klein.
dare i say it...
ta-nahisi was...
better than ezra.
dare i say it...
ta-nahisi was...
better than ezra.
The inevitable result of Biden’s disastrous Sullivan Doctrine. It may take a few yrs before it’s obvious but this is a major step towards an Nvidia plateau and China surpassing the US in both AI & semiconductors.
Every bit as stupid as the Hyundai factory arrests.
finance.yahoo.com/video/china-...
Every bit as stupid as the Hyundai factory arrests.
finance.yahoo.com/video/china-...
China bans Nvidia chip purchases for tech companies, FT reports
China has reportedly banned firms from buying Nvidia (NVDA) products, according to reporting from the Financial Times. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Allie Canal outlines the details. Check out Yahoo F...
finance.yahoo.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The inevitable result of Biden’s disastrous Sullivan Doctrine. It may take a few yrs before it’s obvious but this is a major step towards an Nvidia plateau and China surpassing the US in both AI & semiconductors.
Every bit as stupid as the Hyundai factory arrests.
finance.yahoo.com/video/china-...
Every bit as stupid as the Hyundai factory arrests.
finance.yahoo.com/video/china-...
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