Presentists rule the future; Amazon omniview; fair use or ripoff? — Newsletter 20 Dec 2023
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Presentists rule the future; Amazon omniview; fair use or ripoff? — Newsletter 20 Dec 2023

Newsletter week 23: How to see around corners, Publisher’s Weekly editor looks back, how to see all your Amazon purchases at once, plus three people to follow, three books to read, and a chance to see your favorite ghosts in New York City in January. Be a presentist, not a futurist When I was an…

Open answers and “stump the analyst”

Open answers and “stump the analyst”

As an expert, you should almost always have an answer to clients’ questions. And you should also be ready to acknowledge when you might be wrong. You must develop the skill of “open answers.” Playing “stump the analyst” When I was a technology analyst at Forrester, clients expected me to be answer any question within…

Financial strategist market forecasts are worthless, but not useless

Financial strategist market forecasts are worthless, but not useless

In Sunday’s New York Times, Jeff Sommer complains that financial strategist forecasts for market returns are terrible. They are. But they are a little better than guessing. And they have value nonetheless. Sommer’s critique Sommer thinks the forecasts of economists and financial strategists are way off. Here’s his critique: [T]he stock and bond markets are swinging haphazardly,…