Max Bessler | Substack

Personal and professional essays on technology, economics, and daily life.

Recent posts

Bay Area Tech Hedges Against Fragmentation

Bay Area Abroad #10: Concluding Today and History

Oct 1 • Max Bessler

Today, Is Bay Area Tech Fragmenting?

Bay Area Abroad #8 & 9: Testing 47 Firms for Fragmentation

Oct 1 • Max Bessler

Today, Bay Area Tech Must Play Geopolitics

Bay Area Abroad #7: Today’s Fragmenting Flashpoints

Sep 29 • Max Bessler

When Bay Area Tech Failed to Liberalize China

Bay Area Abroad #6: China into Today

Sep 26 • Max Bessler

When Bay Area Tech Globalized

Bay Area Abroad #5: Globalization of the 1990s

Sep 24 • Max Bessler

When Japan Beat Bay Area Tech

Bay Area Abroad #4: Japan

Sep 22 • Max Bessler

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