Category: People

(LINK) Why Google will own travel

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Without any doubt – this is the best website for travel info to SEAsia :: https://www.travelfish.org/

Google pretty much dominates search and their power over the internet and information retrieval is immense.

I am Stuart and crew are not the only ones suffering. At some point the world’s governments need to do something about the absolute power of big tech.

Google recently revamped its suite of travel services, a move that some in the travel industry believe will entrench its market power.
— Read on www.afr.com/chanticleer/why-google-will-own-travel-20190705-p524jf

(LINK) When Good Intentions Go Bad: My Interview with Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt [The Knowledge Project Ep. #61]

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Very good listen. Dovetails with another book I am reading that will review soon.

Jonathan Haidt is an author, social psychologist and one of the world’s leading experts in moral psychology. On the show we discuss helicopter parenting, the rise of the “call out culture,” and the dangers of social media.
— Read on fs.blog/jonathan-haidt/

Nice 10 Item list from Hian Goh

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There will always be a soft spot in my heart for Hian Goh of Openspace.

Short backdrop. I met Hian at some event in Singapore back when I was working for Spuul.

Hian was still at AFC, prior to selling it, and we would talk tech Singapore and life.

Then Hian went on to found NSI with Shane around about the time that I was looking to learn more about the VC industry.

At some point Hian offered a paid advisory role and of course I jumped at it. If it wasn’t for that chance I don’t think I would be a VC today.

Moving on…

Hian posted this on FB and I find it very useful and fairly relevant for all humans. 

Thanks for sharing Hian!

 

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Montage Sequence #2 – bubbles, loonshots and the OA

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Some great stuff in this issue.

This I think about a lot especially in the context of SEAsia:

4/ Finally, I was struck by how all the companies mentioned in the “bubble” pieces – often in reaction to the sticker shock of what seemed like a large valuation back then – went on to bigger and bigger valuations as time went on, often many times over. Which leads me to wonder:
a) why did so many commentators miss the growth that was going to happen to these companies?
b) is the same mistake being made now in the narrative around valuations?

Now I want this book :: Loonshots.

I am still struggling to like OA. 😉

Montage Sequence #2 – bubbles, loonshots and the OA

Abigail Disney Has More Money Than She’ll Ever Spend

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Quite a telling read. You don’t normally have someone this wealthy being so candid.

I love this one:

But it’s the easiest thing in the world to make money if you start with money. And then people give themselves credit for being that smart when they’re not.

Abigail Disney, heiress to the Disney fortune, has more money than she’ll ever spend. Here, she talks about being raised in a wealthy family.
— Read on www.thecut.com/2019/03/abigail-disney-has-more-money-than-shell-ever-spend.html