J. Peter Murmann
@jpetermurmann.bsky.social
I am a professor of strategic management with broad interests in the social sciences.
If you are interested in human evolution, I recommend this article. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/s...
When Humans Learned to Live Everywhere
About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for our global migration.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If you are interested in human evolution, I recommend this article. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/s...
The college essay may be dead in the age of Chatbots. In the fall I want some of my students to create video instead of essay and even with AI tools they need lots of creativity. www.wsj.com/video/series...
We Made This Film With AI. It’s Wild and Slightly Terrifying.
AI tools like Google’s Veo 3 and Runway can now create strikingly realistic video. WSJ’s Joanna Stern and Jarrard Cole put them to the test in a film made almost entirely with AI. Watch the film and…
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June 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The college essay may be dead in the age of Chatbots. In the fall I want some of my students to create video instead of essay and even with AI tools they need lots of creativity. www.wsj.com/video/series...
Coffee lovers: further evidence that a couple of cups of coffee if anything improve health. But if you are shaking at the end of day, you have had too much! www.economist.com/science-and-...
How much coffee is too much?
Studies suggest moderate consumption is harmless. It may even be beneficial
www.economist.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Coffee lovers: further evidence that a couple of cups of coffee if anything improve health. But if you are shaking at the end of day, you have had too much! www.economist.com/science-and-...
I revisit this tradition in the final section of my essay, drawing upon the visions of eternal peace proposed by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant and a Chinese philosopher, who each envisioned a world in which diverse peoples coexist without war. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Rise of China and the Specter of a Superpower War: Avoiding the Curse of History at the Grassroots | Management and Organization Review | Cambridge Core
The Rise of China and the Specter of a Superpower War: Avoiding the Curse of History at the Grassroots - Volume 20 Issue 6
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April 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I revisit this tradition in the final section of my essay, drawing upon the visions of eternal peace proposed by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant and a Chinese philosopher, who each envisioned a world in which diverse peoples coexist without war. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Anyone interested in innovation, education, and entrepreneurship will enjoy this video interview with James Dyson, who claims paradoxically that he had a life of failure. www.wsj.com/video/series...
How Dyson’s Founder Picks What to Invent Next
James Dyson’s bagless vacuum built a global empire. WSJ met the founder at Dyson’s headquarters in Singapore to discuss failure and the tension between innovation and profitability.
www.wsj.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Anyone interested in innovation, education, and entrepreneurship will enjoy this video interview with James Dyson, who claims paradoxically that he had a life of failure. www.wsj.com/video/series...
If you want to understand how Trump imposed tariffs on all other countries so quickly, here is a WSJ video explaining it. There may be legal challenges coming.
The Legal Logistics Behind Trump's Lightning-Fast Tariff Process
President Trump skipped the normal months-long process to impose tariffs and instead used a 1970s law to bypass them. WSJ’s Gavin Bade explains what that means legally and what Congress might do…
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April 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
If you want to understand how Trump imposed tariffs on all other countries so quickly, here is a WSJ video explaining it. There may be legal challenges coming.
I knew quite a bit about Elon Musk but not the history of his ideas. You do not have to agree with Jill Lepore's politics to appreciate her reporting on where his technocratic ideas come from.
Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I knew quite a bit about Elon Musk but not the history of his ideas. You do not have to agree with Jill Lepore's politics to appreciate her reporting on where his technocratic ideas come from.
Just read this fascinating story on the transformation of Dell.
Michael Dell Spent 40 Years Preparing for an AI Boom No One Expected
The man who founded Dell in a Texas dorm room has transformed his company. It’s not just about PCs anymore.
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December 14, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Just read this fascinating story on the transformation of Dell.
Watch the future of education with AI courtesy of the Khan Academy and OpenAI. Amazing. https://buff.ly/3OOlxdM
December 11, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Watch the future of education with AI courtesy of the Khan Academy and OpenAI. Amazing. https://buff.ly/3OOlxdM
Joined today. Hope that enough of us join so we can create true alternative to the reach of Twitter!
December 4, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Joined today. Hope that enough of us join so we can create true alternative to the reach of Twitter!