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Author Archives: Luke Ford
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of Saudi Aramco
Stephen Turner (b. 1951) calls them convenient beliefs. A group holds them because the group needs them, not because the evidence forces them. The belief keeps the coalition together and protects its standing. The man who holds it believes it. … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of TSMC
Stephen Turner (b. 1951) calls a belief convenient when a man holds it because holding it pays, not because the evidence forces it on him. The belief might be true. The convenience does the selecting. What it does for the … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of Nvidia
Stephen Turner (b. 1951) calls a belief convenient when a man holds it because it pays him to hold it, not because he has tested it against the world. The belief earns its keep. It spares its holder a cost, … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of Amazon
Stephen P. Turner (b. 1951) describes convenient beliefs as the ones a man holds because they pay. He has not tested them against the world. They cost little to keep and they settle the nerves. They turn a threat into … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of Alphabet (Google)
Stephen Turner‘s convenient beliefs run at full speed through Alphabet‘s Mountain View campus, the Google Cloud war room, Sundar Pichai‘s (b. 1972) office, and the closed briefings with the White House and The Pentagon. A convenient belief is one a … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of Wells Fargo
Stephen P. Turner (b. 1951) describes convenient beliefs as the beliefs a man holds because holding them serves his interests, not because he has tested them against the world. The man does not feel the convenience. The belief arrives as … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of Microsoft
Stephen Turner (b. 1951) describes convenient beliefs as the ones a group holds because they pay. Their truth is a side question. What keeps them in place is the price of giving them up. The test is plain. Drop the … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of Goldman Sachs
Stephen Turner (b. 1951) calls a belief convenient when a man holds it because it serves his standing and his coalition, not because he has tested it against the world. Ten such beliefs run through Goldman Sachs this spring. The … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of Apple
Stephen Turner‘s convenient beliefs run at full ecosystem-defense speed inside Apple Park right now. They run in the executive suite, the supply-chain war room, the legal department, and Tim Cook‘s (b. 1960) private briefings. The U.S.-Israeli campaign enters its second … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of AI
Stephen Turner (b. 1951) calls some beliefs convenient. A man holds them because they pay. They serve his position, flatter his coalition, and cost nothing to keep. Evidence did not put them there, so evidence cannot pull them out. Run … Continue reading