Former Intel CEO Andy Grove warned in his e book “Solely the Paranoid Survive” (1988) in opposition to the “inertia of success.” It’s what enterprise capitalists usually check with as a competency lure. Companies that succeed at one factor can get swept away by technological and market adjustments in the event that they don’t evolve.

Thus explains Amazon’s latest bids for iRobot, maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, and One Medical, a community of primary-care and telehealth suppliers. Opposite to what a few of its critics declare, Amazon isn’t attempting to pry into each nook and cranny of your house and well being data. It’s merely striving to maintain up with fast-moving markets and expertise.