India, Aug. 6 -- Opening thoughts. I must state some facts upfront: this edition of Wired Wisdom will be more about automobiles than our usual personal tech conversations, because a few things happened this past week that deserve discussion. Here's one: Ferrari says their order books are completely filled through 2027, and the earliest the next car order from a deep pocketed buyer will be processed, is in 2028. And believe me, the typical Ferrari customer is likely to be very patient and will wait for the car they really want.

Any misconceptions that the Sir Jony Ive designed Ferrari Luce would have turned off rich people from potentially buying a Ferrari, have been truly unfounded.

For Ferrari this is a moment of transition (a true tra...