财富精英励志演讲 第121期:汽车的未来(1)
People love their automobiles. They allow us to go where we want to when we want to. They're a form of entertainment, they're a form of art, a pride of ownership. Songs are written about cars. Prince wrote a great song: Little Red Corvette. He didn't
财富精英励志演讲 第122期:汽车的未来(2)
We wanted something that was really affordable. The fuel cell looked great: one-tenth as many moving parts and a fuel-cell propulsion system as an internal combustion engine and it emits just water. And we wanted to take advantage of Moore's Law with
财富精英励志演讲 第123期:汽车的未来(3)
We did an analysis where you would have a station in each city with each of the 100 largest cities in the United States, and located the stations so you'd be no more than two miles from a station at any time. We put one every 25 miles on the freeway,
财富精英励志演讲 第132期:汽车的未来(4)
And we talked about swarm networks earlier. And talking about the ultimate swarm, about having all of the processors and all of the cars when they're sitting idle being part of a global grid for computing capability. We find that premise quite exciti
财富精英励志演讲 第125期:未来的路(1)
Thank you. In these lectures, I have offered a conceptual framework for a better understanding of human events. These events are not determined by timelessly valid scientific laws. Such laws exist, of course, but they are not sufficient to determine
财富精英励志演讲 第126期:未来的路(2)
We are at a moment in which the rage of uncertainties is unusually wide. We have just passed through the worst financial crisis since World War Two. It is quantitatively much larger and qualitatively different from other financial crisis. The only re
财富精英励志演讲 第128期:未来的路(3)
And yet, in spite of that, artificial life support has been successful. Barely a year after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, financial markets have stabilized, stock markets have rebounded, and the economy is showing signs recovery. People want to
财富精英励志演讲 第129期:未来的路(4)
After the collapse of the Soviet entire the United States emerged as the sole superpower. No other power, or the combination of powers, could challenge it's supremacy. But the unipolar world did not take root. When President Bush sought to assert Ame
财富精英励志演讲 第130期:未来的路(5)
The international financial system, as it was reconstructed after the Second World War, did not create a level playing field; it was lopsided by design. The international financial institutions the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were
财富精英励志演讲 第131期:未来的路(6)
Effectively the international (financial) system has a tow-tier structure：Countries that can borrow in their own currency constitute the center, and those, whose borrowings are denominated in one of the hard currencies, constitute the periphery. If
财富精英励志演讲 第132期:未来的路(7)
Something similar happened again in 1997 but by then the banks had learned to securitize their loans so they could not be forced into a collective system of lending and most of the losses had to be taken by the debtor countries. This set the pattern:
财富精英励志演讲 第140期:未来的路(8)
Overall, the international financial authorities have handled this crisis the same way as previous ones: They bailed out the failing institutions and applied monetary and fiscal stimulus. But this crisis was much bigger and, at first, the same techni
财富精英励志演讲 第134期:未来的路(9)
The globalization of financial markets that took place since the 1980s was a market fundamentalist project spearheaded by the United States and the United Kingdom. Allowing financial capital to move around freely in the world made it difficult to tax
财富精英励志演讲 第135期:未来的路(10)
As things stand now, the financial system of each country is being sustained and supported by its own government. The governments are primarily with their own economies. This tends to give rise to financial protectionism, which threatens to disrupt a
财富精英励志演讲 第136期:未来的路(11)
This can be seen in Europe. And if European countries cannot agree among themselves, how can the rest of the world? During the crisis, Europe could not reach a Europe-wide agreement on guaranteeing the financial system; each country had to guarantee
