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Paul Orlando

After years in tech, Paul Orlando founded and built startup accelerators in Hong Kong, Rome, and Los Angeles. He also teaches business growth at the University of Southern California. Media including TechCrunch, WSJ, NY Times, and Fast Company have featured his work. Paul advises corporations on product innovation and rapid experimentation. He has degrees from Cornell and Columbia and was a winner at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon. Paul studies and writes about unintended consequences in tech, business, and politics.

Website: https://unintendedconsequenc.es/

Lunch with My Trump Supporter Friend

Posted on Monday, Nov 2, 2020 1:45AMMonday, November 2, 2020 by Paul Orlando

by Paul Orlando With the election on Tuesday, I expect readers will be more distracted than normal so this is a short post. Today I wanted to tell you about how I caught up with a friend of mine last week. That is, I recently had lunch with a good friend of mine who told…

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Debating. Ourselves.

Posted on Monday, Oct 5, 2020 1:40AMMonday, October 5, 2020 by Paul Orlando

by Paul Orlando Two days after the 2016 presidential election I turned one day of my normal university classes into a history of recent presidential campaigns. I looked at a few of the more famous moments from campaigns of the previous 50 years, none of which the students knew. If you’re reading 3QD you probably…

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The Last Salon

Posted on Monday, Sep 7, 2020 1:25AMMonday, September 7, 2020 by Paul Orlando

by Paul Orlando Louise Bourgeois was an artist based out of New York and most often thought of as a sculptor. My favorite of her works was called Maman — a giant spider that I walked under many times while visiting the Tate Modern. She also used to hold an artists’ salon out of her home…

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Caruso, Crooners, Ice Cube

Posted on Monday, Aug 10, 2020 1:40AMMonday, August 10, 2020 by Paul Orlando

by Paul Orlando I’ve been exploring ways that tech innovation could lead to inevitable outcomes. Here’s a continuation of that, specific to the enduring human need for music. Music has been around as long as there have been people. Longer if you count music made by animals. It’s safe to say that music will be…

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Tereza’s Inevitable Grandchild

Posted on Monday, Jul 13, 2020 1:50AMMonday, July 13, 2020 by Paul Orlando

by Paul Orlando I have a friend who is a self-described “cop magnet.” He’s been arrested six or seven times, just standing there. I understand why. He looks like trouble. A propensity for wearing all black clothing. A shaved head and a full beard. Multiple tattoos; never smiles. He’s a gentle and intellectual person, but…

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