In 2003 I had a teacher that was both a lawyer and a computer scientist. I’ve instantly knew he could be interesting because he could talk in “a language” I’d understand and legalese (which I’d not). He had a peculiar point of view that made him able to explain the legal system the easy way for computing guys. 

I clearly remember the day I’ve saw computer code for the first time. It was in a little computer in a sunny Sunday somewhen in 1983, in a strangely happy Buenos Aires. At the time, Argentina had just finished a ridiculous armed conflict with the U.K. and, more importantly, she was starting to recover its democracy after experiencing a decade of a disgusting totalitarian regime.

...to investors.

The thing is about retaining attention in a sustainable way.

Is not that we now are inmersed in an attention economy. It was always that way. The difference now is that it has more obvious impact. The invention of media has coupled in mass the relation money-attention.

Some people say, time is money or time is the ultimate scarce resource.

I don't think so.

Attention is way more scarce.

You will see people everywhere spending time on things but not paying attention to what really matters.

And for business people this difference is crucial because:

No attention, no business.

Or if you like it better:

Money follows attention.

So it's ...

Today is October 12 and with all due respect...

Please reconsider what you were told at school about October 12 because the honest way to remember this date would be “October 12, The Beginning of The Invasion and Conquest of America.”

So it’s okay to reconsider.

And to do it properly you need a wider perspective:

So we don’t write any further history chapters where we fail at doing good business for everybody when encountering new cultures (which, by the way, is a skill you need to connect with different tribes and markets).

At the ...