America First, Everyone After
The cost of living has become the only villain that matters in American politics. Populist parties everywhere should take note.
The Tsunami Is Coming
Where business meets geopolitics: Decoding power shifts and headlines, beyond the noise and the spectacle
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You Were Right about Iran. Now Check Again.
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US at 250
Some thoughts and scenarios on the next fifty years.
A Spiral and a Vertical Line
The capacity to envision what doesn’t exist yet, to prepare for genuinely unknown territory where familiar rules no longer apply is not just a cliché.
A Great Wave and the Bigger Picture
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The iPhone, Taxis and Different Planets
The iPhone did not upend the taxi industry. People with iPhones did.
What's the Word Again?
When we find new words, we see differently. And when we see differently, we create new things.
Prediction markets don’t have the answer
But they may very well ask you questions
Not a Slow Sort of World
The Red Queen tells Alice to keep running in Lewis Carroll's story. Asking why helps us understand some of the most complex phenomena of the past and of the future.