Time for transparency algorithms
Transparency is the new killer app but extreme clarity is the new paradigm. It is becoming harder and harder to hide. Politician, dictators and corrupt and in humane corporate practices will slowly be on the run, being chase by the network, transparency... read moreToday is a sad reminder of the dark consequences of chasing oil around the Planet.
Today is a reminder of the terrible consequences of our oil chasing practices around the planet. If the Arab countries were Tomato producers we would never be involved in their affairs which has had deadly results in terms of lives lost and economic destruction.... read moreA narco Orangutan is on loose in Latin America
This wild Orangutan is destroying and polluting his country. He feeds himself with Oil and power. Lately he has turned to drug trafficking. Several of his top primate generals have been called out by the US government as kingpins and to be precise one of them is the... read moreThe Gu Kailai trail exposes Chinas power play-Does Arab Spring translate to Mandarin
This trail really exposes the hypocrisy of the so called Chinese Communist system. It really is about the two worlds existing within China, those that are connected(part of the power structure and those that are not). If I was a Chinese person watching... read moreLets Celebrate debt independence day-when?
We will be celebrating our independence from the tyranny of our own addiction to debt. We will celebrate the day we stopped borrowing from the Chinese. We will celebrate the day the US population understood the importance of makinghard choices based on the long... read moreDoes Transparency Kill the current game?
I wonder if our global financial system and the political power centers only work when they operate in the dark. When light is pointed at them the whole game starts to fall apart like now. Maybe it is because it really only works for a few and they do not want the... read moreGoing after Lance Armstrong? how about going after those doping our kids with sugar and junk food?
I think bureaucrats need a reason to be and to have a big budget and lots of expenses. Since we can’t solve the street doping issue and we have failed miserably in the so called war on drugs lets now go after athletes like Clemens, Bonds and Lance Armstrong.... read moreAusterity-No, Stimulus-No, how about a new system
There is a battle ragging in Europe over how to deal with the gigantic debt created by their governments and banks. Some believe that austerity measures is the solution. Now there seems to be a growing backlash against reducing government spending in a drastic... read moreWhy are leaders so mediocre? maybe it is my fault
I have always thought and wondered why do we have such poor and mediocre leadership on a global scale. Why do we render the fate of the world to such a caliber of individuals when we know we have a great pool of brilliant people with tremendous integrity that could... read moreStart up crowdfunding-the future of finance
I am going to be taking a class this month on “Start up crowd funding” at the General Assembly in New York City. Last April 5th was signed into law the JOBS Act which legalizes equity crowdfunding. Companies will be able to raise up to $1million a year... read moreIn the middle of difficulty lies opportunity
Albert EinsteinImagination is more important than knowledge
Albert Einstein