When Everyone Becomes Blackmailable
When Everyone Becomes Blackmailable On a recent driving trip, my wife and I became immersed in the audio version of one of Tom Clancy’s last novels titled, “Threat Vector.” Without giving away too much of the plot, a Chinese super-geek villain has hatched a plan to...
The Laws of Exponential Capabilities
The Laws of Exponential Capabilities When people like Google CEO, Larry Page, Virgin’s Richard Branson, and X-Prize Foundation CEO, Peter Diamandis, talk about us entering into a period of abundance, there has been a natural tendency to assume we’ll be entering into a...
The Growing Dangers of Technological Unemployment and the Re-Skilling of America
The Growing Dangers of Technological Unemployment and the Re-Skilling of America In March, when Facebook announced the $2 billion acquisition of Oculus Rift, they not only put a giant stamp of approval on the technology, but they also triggered an instant demand for...
Disrupting Government – Why Countries Will Soon Have to Compete for their Citizens
Disrupting Government – Why Countries Will Soon Have to Compete for their Citizens In 2002, Roger Ver was honing his entrepreneurial skills by selling products on eBay. It was in the aftermath of the Twin Towers disaster when one of his products called “Pest Control...