profiles of people

The luckiest fool who ever lived.

I did not fact check anything about this story of Lord Timothy Dexter. I sure hope it’s all true. Married into money, his first move was to try and prove how cool he is to the Boston elites by buying […]

profiles of people

Morris Chang and the origins of TSMC.

Brian Potter took the time to translate (with tech) Chang’s Chinese-language autobiography then write up this great 30 minute summary. “TSMC has a fascinating origin story: it was founded in 1985 by Morris Chang, who, after working in the US […]

profiles of people

Alex Karp, the Palantir cofounder.

“So how did a daydreaming doctoral student in German philosophy wind up leading a shadowy data analytics firm that has become a major American defense contractor, one that works with spy services as it charts the future of autonomous warfare?”~ […]