Recently I wrote about Amazon acquiring Whole Foods. I live in New York City. After the pundit applause dies down, the layoffs and economic destruction will begin. Here’s where I [ … ]
US Government Is Worst at Reducing Inequality of All High-Income OECD Countries
October 27, 2017 The US government, through its tax system and spending, does the least to reduce inequality among all high-income advanced economies. The US market income Gini coefficient, a [ … ]
Leaking. Guccifer 2.0 is the Hillary specimen cup
(originally published on July 7th, 2016 on my Medium site, here… Leaking. Guccifer 2.0 is the Hillary specimen cup Hillary is a hologram. There is little ‘her’. occasionally she is awakened, placed [ … ]
News doesn’t matter. Facebook is the emotional platform
There’s a war for the future being waged online. It’s being fought across the world’s online social networks, and the outcomes of these online battles increasingly dictate the outcome of [ … ]
We should be careful glorifying Denmark
Last week, Denmark was mentioned in a American TV debate between Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz. Instinctively, as a Dane, I always feel a sense of pride whenever Denmark is [ … ]
What is your citizen score? Gamified obedience to the State
The Chinese government is developing a Citizen Score to rate the trustworthiness of its 1.3 billion citizens. It is always on surveillance. What we do online and offline merge into an [ … ]
Governments are loving Bitcoin
To understand an asset, you have to do the forensics of the asset and, importantly who owns it, and going forward, who can afford to own it. Raw numbers of owners [ … ]
The anti Uber open sourced insurgencies won. City Governments did too.
I’ve written a lot about Uber. I was very early to start its post mortem, I didn’t want to wait till its body got cold. You can catch up with [ … ]
Henry Sokolski’s Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future
Looking for a good, short read on the current nuclear challenges we face? Henry Sokolski, Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) and with a decade of experience at [ … ]
In the Gig Economy everybody is a product placement
Crowdtap is that venture funded (and what company isn’t) gig economy company that pitches itself as a place where anyone can “team up” with their “favorite brands” and “get rewarded for [ … ]